Compagnie De Navigation Francaise v. Burley
District Court, W.D. Washington
In Admiralty. Suit by Compagnie de Navigation I'ramjaisc, as owner of tlie French bark Amiral Cecille, against Thomas S. Burley and Robert McCullough, doing business under the firm name of the Tacoma Tug & Barge Company.
1Opinion of the Court
DONWORTH, District Judge.
On the evening of November 9,’ 1904, during a heavy fog the French bark Amiral Cecille, lying at anchor in Tacoma Harbor was struck by the steamer Multnomah which had just left her berth at Tacoma bound for Seattle on one of her regular trips. The Multnomah suffered damage- but the bark was uninjured. On a libel filed in this court by the owner of the Multnomah against the bark, Judge Hanford decided both vessels to be at fault, the Multnomah in failing to steer with proper care and in failing in other respects to exercise the vigilance demanded by the existing…
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