Paull v. The J. W. Everman
District Court, E.D. Virginia
[These were libels by Joseph Pauli and E. G. Pallot against the steamer J. W. Ever-man, by B. G. Arnold against the samé, by the Orient Mutual Insurance Company against the same, and by the Merchants’ & People's Line against Joseph Pauli, E. G. Pallot, and others, for damages sustained in a collision.]
1Opinion of the Court
HUGHES, District Judge.
The British bark Eliza and Maria, with k cargo of 3,860 bags of coffee, from the port of Santos, Brazil, put into Hampton Roads in the summer of 1872, anchored within half a mile of Fortress Monroe, where there was a telegraphic station, and was there awaiting telegraphic orders until the 13th September. On that morning the steamer J. W. Everman, from Philadelphia for Norfolk and Richmond, entered the roads from Chesapeake Bay, steaming about eight miles an hour, before a light breeee, and on a flood tide, and at about twenty-five minutes after 2 a. m. collided with the…
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