The Persian
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. On appeal by the Great Northern Paper Company, owner of a cargo of paper which was being carried by the steamer Millinocket from Stockton Springs, Me., to New York via Boston, from a decree dismissing its libel against the steamer Persian. At about midnight on.
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Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. On appeal by the Great Northern Paper Company, owner of a cargo of paper which was being carried by the steamer Millinocket from Stockton Springs, Me., to New York via Boston, from a decree dismissing its libel against the steamer Persian. At about midnight on. July 24, 1913, the Millinocket collided with the Persian, a large, iron passenger steamer which was on her regular voyage from Philadelphia to Boston. The place of the collision is about two miles N N E of Pollock Shoals Lightship. The stem of…
1Opinion of the Court
COXE, Circuit Judge.(after stating the facts as above).
[1, 2] The negligence of the Millinocket, if not actually admitted, is proved by such an overwhelming weight of testimony that it need not be considered on this appeal. The only question here is, Did any fault on the part of the Persian contribute to the collision? The faults of the Millinocket were so glaring, so numerous and so fully do they account for the disaster that the court should not be particularly astute in the endeavor to discover some contributing fault on the part of the Persian committed at a time when inerrable judgment…
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