Standard Oil Co. v. Shipowners' & Merchants' Tugboat Co.

(after stating the facts as above). The trial court found that the collision was the result of faulty navigation upon the part of the captain of the Dodd in maneuvering his ship around the turn in the channel. Notwithstanding the *368well-settled rule that a finding of fact so made upon the testimony of witnesses taken before the eoiprt will not be disturbed by an appellate court except for manifest error, the appellant contends that here the rule does not apply for the reason that there was no evidence whatever to show negligence on the part of the officers of the Dodd. We do not so read the…