Southern Pac. Co. v. United States

CAMFBEIiL, District Judge.

The two above-entitled suits arose out of a collision between the steamship' El Alba and the United States government dredge Rari-tan, and, as the facts are the same in both, one opinion will suffice.

*474There is considerable conflict in the testimony on some points, but I have given great weight to the testimony of the disinterested witnesses Litchfield, Riehereek, Nelson, Moran, and Fink, and find as follows:

On the afternoon of January 28,1925, the steamship El Alba, 391 feet long, 48 feet beam, loaded with cargo, left pier No. 48, North River, Manhattan, bound for New…