Pacific Navigation Co. v. Allen

Opinion of the Court, by

Preston, J.

This is an appeal by the Pacific Navigation Company from *14a decision of the Chief Justice whereby he held the steamer J. I. Dowsett solely to blame for a collision which happened between that vessel and the schooner Moiwahine, on the night of the 29th of June, 1886, and awarded the sum of $676.30 to the owners of the schooner for damages sustained by reason of such collision.

The facts of the case appear fully in the decision of the Chief Justice and need not be repeated here, except so far as may be necessary to properly understand the claim made on behalf of…