The Severn
District Court, E.D. Virginia
In Admiralty. Suit in rem to recover damages for collision. This is a libel filed by Lewis Luckenbaeh, owner of the barge Frank Pendleton, against the steam hark Severn, and a cross-libel filed by the owners of the Severn against the Frank Pendleton, to recover damages arising from a collision which occurred on the night of the 16th of August, 1900, between 8:15 and 8:30 p. m., near the mouth of James river, about abreast of Newport News; said barge and bark being,…
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In Admiralty. Suit in rem to recover damages for collision. This is a libel filed by Lewis Luckenbaeh, owner of the barge Frank Pendleton, against the steam hark Severn, and a cross-libel filed by the owners of the Severn against the Frank Pendleton, to recover damages arising from a collision which occurred on the night of the 16th of August, 1900, between 8:15 and 8:30 p. m., near the mouth of James river, about abreast of Newport News; said barge and bark being, respectively, at anchor in tbe anchorage grounds prescribed by tbe harbor master of Newport News for loaded vessels. Tbe barge…
1Opinion of the CourtWaddill, District Judge
(after stating the facts). The faults assigned by the Pendleton are that the Severn was wrongfully anch*579ored within the space allotted for loaded shipping, it being at the time light; that it had out only one anchor, — its port anchor, — when both should have been out, and that at least its starboard anchor should have been kept in position to be immediately released in case of emergency or storm arising; that the Severn’s yards should have been trimmed fore and aft, instead of athwart-ship> as they were; and that the bark was not supplied with a sufficient crew. The defense of the Severn is…
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