Legal Opinion
The Newa
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided April 26, 1920No. 1768PublishedCited by 12 opinions
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Norfolk; Edmund Waddill, Jr., Judge. Suit in admiralty for collision by W. Paramor, Master of the British steamship Djerissa, against the steamship Newa; the Danish-Russian Steamship Company, claimant. Decree for libelant, and claimant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
PRITCHARD, Circuit Judge.
[1] The learned judge who heard 'this case in the court below made the following clear and concise statement of the facts:
“About midday of the 11th of June, 1918, the Djerissa, a large ocean-going ■steamship, 350 feet long, 50 feet beam, 25 feet deep, was anchored in the waters of James river, Newport News harbor, about half a mile west of the ■Chesapeake & Ohio Railway passenger pier, and the Newa, also a large ocean steamship, 305 feet long, 43 feet beam, 23 feet deep, was anchored about 2 o’clock on the evening of the 12th of June, about a quarter of a ■mile to the…
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