The Texas
District Court, D. Delaware
Tn Admiralty. Suit for collision by Walter M. Ervin, Master of the Schooner Dorothy B, Barrett, against the steamship Texas and the tug James McCaulley, brought in under admiralty rule 59. Decree against both steamship and tug, each for half damages.
1Opinion of the Court
BRADFORD, District Judge.
This suit was instituted by Walter M. Ervin, master of the schooner Dorothy B. Barrett, by the filing of a libel in rem against- the Norwegian steamship Texas for the recovery of damages sustained by the former from a collision with the latter in the Delaware river December 20, 1906. All injury that was inflicted was sustained by the Barrett. Subsequently, on the petition of the Texas, the tug James McCaulley was brought in as a party respondent under rule 59 in admiralty. The collision occurred shortly after two o’clock in the afternoon not far from Marcus Hook and…
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