Legal Opinion
Drumcraig
District Court, N.D. California
Decided November 29, 1904No. 13,261PublishedCited by 4 opinions
In Admiralty. Suit for collision.
1Opinion of the Court
DE HAVEN, District Judge.
This libel was filed by the owner of the ship Drumcraig, against the British ship Eoch Trool, to recover damages for injuries sustained as the result of a collision between the two vessels. The collision occurred about 4 o’clock on the morning of March 10, 1904. The Drumcraig was lying safely moored alongside the wharf at Oakland Pier, in the harbor of San Francisco. The Eoch Trool was moored at the same pier, and distant about a ship’s length from the Drumcraig. The Eoch Trool broke away from her moorings, and drifted into collision with the Drumcraig. It is claimed…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- The LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1866
- Union Steamship Co. v. New York & Virginia Steamship Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1861
- WelchDistrict Court, N.D. California · 1903
3Cited by4 opinions
- Mrs. Edith Boudoin v. J. Ray McDermott & Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1960
- State Road Department of Florida v. United StatesDistrict Court, N.D. Florida · 1949
- The C. H. NorthamDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1909
- The CampanelloDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1917