In re California Nav. & Imp. Co.

DE HAVEN, District Judge.

On November 2, 1898, the steamer J. D. Peters, carrying freight and passengers, left San Francisco bound for the city of Stockton, in this state. Not long after starting, and while still in the Bay of San Francisco, she came into collision with the steamer Czarina. Both steamers were badly damaged, and in consequence of the injury received by the J. D. Peters she partly sunk, only her pilot house and a portion of the cabin on the after deck remaining out of water. The cargo carried by her was lost and several Chinese passengers drowned. The petitioner was the owner of…