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Supreme Court of the United States
Appeal from tbe Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Field
This case comes before us on appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court, with a finding of facts upon which it was rendered. We are, therefore, relieved of much of the embarrassment experienced on the trial, both by that court and the District Court, from the difficulty of determining from the e ~dence the exact position of the vessels immediately preceding the collision.. Here we must take the facts as found and apply the law to them. In cases of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction, on the instance side of the court, under the act of Congress of Feb. 16, 1875, c. 77, the finding has the…
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