The Virginia
District Court, E.D. Virginia
In Admiralty. Suit for collision by the Lambert’s Point Tow Boat Company, owner of the steam tug Triton, against the steamer Virginia. 'Decree dividing damages.
1Opinion of the Court
WADDILL, District Judge.
On the evening of December 13, 1909. about 7 o’clock, the libelant’s steam tug Triton, towing a dredge, came into collision with the steamship Virginia, of the Old Bay Line, resulting in damage to both vessels, but particularly to the tug, for the recovery of which the libel in this case was promptly filed, though no trial was asked until some three months since.
The collision occurred in the Elizabeth river, about abreast of the merchandise piers of the Norfolk & Western Railroad at Rambert’s Point. The Triton was a large tug, 225 tons gross, 114 feet 5 inches long, 26…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Merchants' & Miners' Transp. Co. v. HopkinsCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1901