Mitchell Transp. Co. v. Chisholm
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern Division of the Northern District of Ohio. In Admiralty. Libel by William Chisholm, trustee, and others, against the steam barge Alexander Folsom and the schooner Mary B. Mitchell (the Mitchell Transportation Company being claimant of both) for collision. Decree for libelants. 44 Fed. Rep. 932. Claimants appeal. Reversed.
1Opinion of the Court
Jackson, Circuit Judge.
The collision which gave rise to and forms the subject of inquiry in this suit took place in the natural or middle channel of Lake George, at or about 7:30 o’clock a. m., on August 13, 1890, between the propeller Devereaux and the schooner Mary B. Mitchell, which was the first of two schooners in tow of the steam barge Alex*404ander Folsom, and resulted in damage to both of the colliding vessels The owners of the Devereaux libeled both the Folsom and the Mitchell, and, after stating their version of the facts preceding and attending the collision, alleged as faults against…
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