Everts v. Latimer

ROSE, Circuit Judge.

At a little after 3 o’clock on a clear December afternoon in 1923, the steam ferryboat Virginia and the gasoline launch Adriana were in collision in the Norfolk harbor. The navigation of neither of them was embarrassed by tide, wind, or weather, or by the proximity of any other vessel. The launch was sunk, and, although it has been raised, it is said to be seriously and permanently damaged. To recover the loss suffered by its owner, its master, and its crew, there was brought against the Virginia a libel in rem, which was dismissed in the court below. The learned District…