The Frank S. Hall

J. B. McPHERSON, District Judge.

As is well known, when a collision is due to the fault of both vessels the damages are equally divided, whether one vessel or both have been injured, and I see no reason why, in the ordinary case, the costs should not be divided according to the same rule. They may be fairly regarded as part of the damages, for they are incurred in the effort to discover who is liable for the injury, and are therefore a sufficiently direct result of the collision. The injury done to each party is increased by the sum that he is compelled to expend in litigating the suit, and in…