The Curtin
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Appeal from-the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Norfolk; Edmund Waddill, Jr., Judge. Suit in admiralty by William S. Bensten, owner of the gasoline launch Cecilia, against the steam tug Curtin, Charles Gring claimant. Decree for libelant, and claimant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
WOODS, Circuit Judge.
On December 18, 1911, the gasoline launch Cecilia was going up the Elizabeth river from Hampton Roads to Norfolk. The tug Curtin was coming down the river on the south or Portsmouth side of the river near the middle of the stream on its way to Pinner’s Point. The tug Pinner’s Poinb with a barge alongside was crossing the river from Pinner’s Point to Ft. Norfolk. The Cecilia and the Curtin collided astern the Pinner’s Point, with the result that the Cecilia was sunk. The District Court held the Curtin entirely at fault, and adjudged that William S. Bensten, owner of the…
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