Wright v. Alaska
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York
In Admiralty. Libel for damages. On a ppeal from district court. See 33 Fed. Hop. 527. This suit was brought in the district court of the Southern district of New York, by Moses Gr. Wright and Gilbert A. Wright against the steam ferry-boat Alaska to recover damages sustained from a collision with the Morrisania. The libel was dismissed, and libelants appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
Blatciifobd, Justice.
1 agree with the district judge that in this case the issue is as stated by him in his decision, and that, on that issue, the clear weight of the evidence is with the Alaska; that there was no fault in the navigation of the Alaska; and that the sole catise of the collision was the fault, on the part of the Morrisania, of suddenly sheering out from under the stern of the Superior, and across the course of the Alaska.
*556The libel in this case was filed on the 17th of June, 1887. On the 24th of June, 1887, the owners of the Alaska interposed a claim, and put in a stipulation…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Merrill v. PettySupreme Court of the United States · 1873
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