The Waverly
District Court, E.D. Wisconsin
This was a libel by tbe North Michigan Transportation Company, owners of the propeller Charlevoix, against the propeller Waverly, to recover salvage for the services of the Charlevoix in taking in tow and conveying into port the Waverly, which was found disabled in Lake Michigan.
1Opinion of the Court
SEAMAN, District Judge.
There is no material conflict upon the determining facts in this case, aside from the allegation of the distance of the Waverly from Chicago, and from the west shore, when picked up by the Charlevoix; and in that regard I find no practical difficulty, as both the course of the Waverly prior to the accident, and the time occupied by the tow in approaching the west shore, concur in placing the location approximately 20 miles off that shore; and, from the course taken and the lights sighted after the tow commenced, it is apparent that the start was from a point about east…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- McGraw Transportation Co. v. The SpokaneDistrict Court, E.D. Wisconsin · 1895
3Cited by1 opinion
- The SanturceDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1905