Pratt v. The Havilah
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
In Admiralty. Appeal from the circuit court of the United States for the southern district of New York, affirming pro forma a decree of the district court for said district. The latter court held the brig Havilah solely in fault for the collision, and claimants appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
LacoMbe, Circuit Judge.
On the morning of December 9, 1887, a collision occurred in Long Island sound, a few miles to the westward of Faulkner’s island light, between the libelant’s schooner, Helen Augusta, and the brig Havilah. The schooner was sailing before the collision, by the wind, on a course about east by north on the port tack, the wind being about north-northeast; the brig was sailing west-half-north, having the wind free. The vessels sighted each other just at the break of dawn, the breeze was moderate, the weather clear and good for seeing lights, and both vessels had their…
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