Walaas v. Johnson
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the. Southern District of Alabama; Harry T. Toulmin, Judge.- Suit in admiralty by Thomas A. Johnson and others, owners of the pilot boat Eben D. Jordan, against the steamship Agnella; A. Walaas, claimant. Decree for libelants, and claimant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
SHEPPARD, District Judge.
This is an appeal from the District Court of the Southern District of Alabama, awarding damages in the sum of $7,328.64, in favor of libelants against the steamship Agnella for a collision with the pilot boat Eben D. Jordan, at the outer station off_ Mobile bar.
Negligence in the maneuvers of both vessels in the attempt to deliver and take aboard a pilot was charged and countercharged by the libel and answer. The judge, after hearing the testimony himself, which was voluminous, and in which there was not a little conflict, held the steamship solely at fault and made a…
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