Legal Opinion
The Katie Collins
District Court, D. Delaware
Decided July 29, 1884PublishedCited by 3 opinions
In Admiralty.
1Opinion of the CourtWales, J.
The schooner Katie Collins, laden with lumber and bound from Jacksonville, Florida, to Perth Amboy, New Jersey, went ashore on the Viginia coast, about seven miles south of Ghineoteague' island, at midnight on the thirtieth of October, 1881. The disaster was attributed to mistaking the Ghineoteague light, on her starboard bow, for the head-light on a steam-ship. The next day her captain sent a message to the nearest telegraph station, to be forwarded to the libelants at Norfolk, Virginia, requesting them to come to his assistance at once. This message was received by the libel-ants at 12…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- The BlackwallSupreme Court of the United States · 1870
- Post v. JonesSupreme Court of the United States · 1857
3Cited by3 opinions
- The Henry Steers, Jr.District Court, E.D. New York · 1901
- The Minnie E. KeltonDistrict Court, D. Oregon · 1910
- The HalcyonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1917