Atlas Assurance Co., Ltd., of London v. Cupid

FOLTA, District Judge.

The libelant, as subrogee, seeks to recover $6218.19 paid 'by it under a policy of insurance for repairs to the Motorship Tyee necessitated by damages sustained in a collision with the respondent, the Motorship Cupid. The claimant, alleging in his cross-libel that the Tyee was at fault, seeks to recover damages in the sum of $5650.

The collision occurred about midnight of April 24, 1950, on a clear night with fair visibility, in Tongass Narrows, a narrow channel, south of and connecting with Ketchikan Harbor. It is the route for all water traffic between Ketchikan and the…