The Florence
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Cross-suits in admiralty for collision between the steam barge Florence and the steamship Captain Bennett. Decree against both vessels, and both appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
TANNING, Circuit Judge.
The steam barge Florence and the' steamship Captain Bennett collided in the Delaware river below Philadelphia on the evening of April 10, 1906. A libel for damages was filed by the owners of each of the vessels against the other vessel. The district court, by its final decree, adjudged both vessels at fault, and directed,the joint damages and costs, amounting to $12,653.22, to be equally divided between them. Both vessels have appealed.
The night was clear. The Florence was going down the river, in a south-south-easterly direction, in the portion of the river’s channel…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- The Victory & the PlymothianSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
- The DelawareSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- The Captain BennettDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1909
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