Boston & Philadelphia S. S. Co. v. Scott
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts
In Admiralty. Libel by Nathaniel C. Scott against the steam-ship Parthian for damages for a collision with the schooner Ayr, and cross-libel by the Boston &'Philadelphia Steam-Ship Company as owners of Parthian against the Ayr. Decree in the district court for Scott against the Parthian. The steam-ship company appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtColt, J.
These two cases are cross-libels involving the sanie collision between the steam-ship Parthian and the schooner Ayr, and they come here on appeal from the district court. The cases turn wholly upon questions of fact concerning which the evidence is conflicting. The district judge, having the advantage of seeing the witnesses and judging from their appearance, ordered a decree in the first case in favor of the libelant, and against the steam-ship Parthian, in the sum of $1,750.15, damages, and costs of suit, and dismissed the cross-libel. It is the established rule of this court that it will…
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