Nantasket Beach Steamboat Co. v. United States

BREWSTER, District Judge.

On August 11, 1917, the steamer Mayflower, owned by the libelant, collided with the submarine E-10, owned, and at the time operated, by the United States. The collision took place in a fog. The Mayflower received, as a result of the collision, substantial injuries.

By act of Congress approved May IS, 1922 (42 Stat. c. 193), it was enacted that the owner of the Mayflower could submit to this court its claim arising out of the collision for and on account *390of the losses alleged to have been suffered by the owner through damage to the Mayflower, the claim to be submitted…