Latham v. Hamilton & Merriman Co.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Wisconsin. Libel by the Hamilton & Merriman Company against John Latham and Thomas H. Smith for damages for a collision. Libel-ant obtained a decree. 50 Fed. 583. Bespondents appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
BUNK, District Judge.
This is a case involving the question of responsibility for a collision which took place between the steam tug Jesse Spaulding and the schooner Butcher Boy, occurring near Sturgeon Bay canal, on Lake Michigan, on September 29, 1889. The contest is between the steam tugs Jesse Spaulding and George Kelson. The facts proven or mainly undisputed are these: On that day these two steam tugs, the Jesse Spaulding and George Kelson, were lying moored at the same dock in Sturgeon Bay canal, on the north side thereof, and about one-half mile from the mouth of the canal where it…
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