Duluth S. S. Co. v. Pittsburg S. S. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of Ohio. Suit in admiralty by the Pittsburg Steamship Company against the ’Duluth Steamship Company, and cross-libel. Decree for ’libelant, and :respondent appeals. This is a libel in admiralty of the Pittsburgh Steamship Company against the Duluth Steamship Company in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, growing out of a collision of two vessels.
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Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of Ohio. Suit in admiralty by the Pittsburg Steamship Company against the ’Duluth Steamship Company, and cross-libel. Decree for ’libelant, and :respondent appeals. This is a libel in admiralty of the Pittsburgh Steamship Company against the Duluth Steamship Company in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, growing out of a collision of two vessels. The libel, the answer thereto, and a cross-libel were filed. Much evidence was taken in the form of depositions, and the case was heard…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCALL, District Judge
(after stating the facts as above). When these colliding vessels became factors in their proper navigation in relation to each other, it was their plain duty to have reached a passing agreement by the exchange of signals for that purpose. But this they failed to do. The Sylvania introduces evidence tending to show that she attempted to establish an agreement with the Bessemer to pass starboard to starboard from the time that she picked up the lights of the Bessemer until the collision became imminent, and had soundéd a two-blast signal for that purpose three times, but received no response…
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- Lake Erie Transp. Co. v. Gilchrist Transp. Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1906
- The WenonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1874
- Hall v. ChisholmCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1902
- Elphicke v. Pittsburgh Steamship Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1903
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