Adams v. Hutton
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Norfolk; Edmund Waddill, Jr., Judge. libel by Charles E. Adams and others, trustees, etc., doing business under the name of the New England Euel & Transportation Company, owner of the American steamship Brandon, against the steamship Florence Olsen, William E. Hutton, master and claimant, in which William E. Hutton filed a cross-libel.
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Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Norfolk; Edmund Waddill, Jr., Judge. libel by Charles E. Adams and others, trustees, etc., doing business under the name of the New England Euel & Transportation Company, owner of the American steamship Brandon, against the steamship Florence Olsen, William E. Hutton, master and claimant, in which William E. Hutton filed a cross-libel. From a decree in favor of the Olsen, libelants appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
WOODS, Circuit Judge.
On the night of September 22, 1918, the steamships Brandon and Florence Olsen collided off Old Point Comfort. A libel was filed by the owners of the Brandon and a cross-libel by the master of the Olsen. On depositions and testimony taken before the court, the District Court held the Brandon solely at fault, and rendered a decree in favor of the Olsen.
The Brandon, loaded with coal, was outward bound. The Olsen, light, was inward bound. Both vessels were properly lighted. The Olsen was navigated by a Virginia pilot. The master of the Brandon had a pilot’s license and was…
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