Oregon R. R. & Nav. Co. v. Balfour
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Oregon.
1Opinion of the Court
GILBERT, Circuit Judge.
This is the second appeal of this case. In October, 1892, the steam towboat Ocklahama had the barge Columbia in tow at a wharf in Astoria, Or. There was a collision against the wharf, and the barge sank, damaging wheat belonging to Balfour, Guthrie & Co., valued at $18,000, and killing Marshal Short, the captain, and John August Petersen, a deck hand, of the Ocklahama. The barge and the towboat were the property of the Oregon Railway & Navigation Company, but were leased, with the other property of said company, to the Oregon Short Line & Utah Northern Railway Company…
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