Border Line Transp. Co. v. Canadian Pac. Ry. Co.
District Court, W.D. Washington
In Admiralty. Suit for collision by the Border Line Transportation Company, owner of the motor vessel Wakena, against the Canadian Pacific Railway Company, owner of the tug Nitinat.
1Opinion of the Court
NETERER, District Judge.
On March 1, 1918, at a point approximately 2,000 yards southerly on a straight line drawn from Turn Point, Stuart Island, to Kellett Bluff, Henry Island, and approximately 100 yards west, the motor vessel Wakena and steam tug Nitinat came into collision. The dividing line between inland waters and the open sea is a straight line from Kellett Bluff to Turn Point. Coast Pilot, U. S. page 239.
The Wakena is a twin screw motor ship of 316 net registered tons, flat bottom, 7% feet draft, and was proceeding light in ballast at a speed of 6]/¿ knots per hour from Vancouver to…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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