New York, P. & N. R. V. Wilkins
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. Suit in admiralty by Uillie Wilkins, administratrix of the estate of Alexander Wilkins, deceased, and others, against the tug Delmar and the N. Y., P. & N. Barge No. 4; the New York, Philadelphia & Norfolk Railroad Company, claimant. Decree for libelants, and claimant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
PRITCHARD, Circuit Judge.
This libel was filed to recover for loss of life of Alexander Wilkins, on the 29th day of October, 1916, about 6 o’clock p. m., caused by a collision at a point northerly of and in the vicinity of the can buoy at the entrance to the West Norfolk channel from the main channel of the Elizabeth river, Norfolk, Va., between an unnamed gasoline launch, in which the deceased, Edward Bishop, Elizabeth H. Simmons, and Dubertia Howell were at the time, and barge No. 4, with 28 loaded railroad freight cars on hoard, in tow of the tug Delmar, whereby the launch was capsized and…
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