Ayer v. The Glaucus
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts
[On appeal from the district court of the United States for the district of Massachusetts.] In admiralty. Libel [by James S. Ayer against the steamer Glaucus, the Metropolitan Steamship Company, claimants] in a cause of collision.
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[On appeal from the district court of the United States for the district of Massachusetts.] In admiralty. Libel [by James S. Ayer against the steamer Glaucus, the Metropolitan Steamship Company, claimants] in a cause of collision. Damages were claimed in this case by the libellants, as the owners of the schooner Electric Flash, on account of a collision which occurred between the schooner and the steam-propeller Glaucus, at ten o’clock in the evening of Feb. 1, 1808. in Long Island sound, nearly opposite to New Haven, by which the schooner, with a full cargo on board, was run down and sunk,…
1Opinion of the Court
CLIFFORD, Circuit Justice.
Causes of collision, civil and maritime, since the passage of the act establishing certain rules and regulations for preventing such disasters, depend, in most cases, upon controverted matters of fact, to be determined by the testimony of witnesses rather than upon questions of law. Decided cases may be referred to in which it is suggested, if not positively stated, that an appellate court will not, in general, re-examine the decree of the subordinate court upon the merits in such a case, where it appears that the matter in issue depends upon the credibility of the…
2Cited by3 opinions
- Earle v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1896
- United States v. GardnerU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Northern New York · 1890
- Dinniny v. The Sam SloanDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1894