The Norwood
District Court, W.D. Washington
In Admiralty. Suit for collision by the Grays Harbor Construction Company against the steamship Norwood, Sudden & Christensen, claimants, and the Soule Tug & Barge Company, owner of the tug Hoquiam.
1Opinion of the Court
CUSHMAN, District Judge.
[1] A libel was filed herein to recover damages on account of a collision between the steamship Nor-wood and a scow belonging to libelant. Claimant answered, denying negligence in the navigation of the Norwood, and alleging that, at the time of the collision, the Norwood was in the exclusive control, direction, and management of the tug Hoquiam and its master, which was towing the Norwood down the Hoquiam river, and averring that the collision was either the result of an inevitable accident, or due to negligence on the part of the tug and contributory negligence on the…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- The Schooner Catharine v. DickinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1855
- Smith v. CondrySupreme Court of the United States · 1843
- The Granite StateSupreme Court of the United States · 1866
- Williamson v. BarrettSupreme Court of the United States · 1852
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