The Dorchester
District Court, E.D. Virginia
In Admiralty. Suit for collision. On libel, cross-libel, and petition for personal injuries. This libel, cross-libel, and petition grew out of a collision between the Dorchester and the schooner Fannie S. Groverinan, which occurred in the waters of and near the mouth of 'Elizabeth river, on the early morning of the 13th of September, 1907. The facts are briefly those: The schooner, a “sharp sailed two-masted bugeye,” about 60 feet in length, gross tonnage 13 tons, net 7…
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In Admiralty. Suit for collision. On libel, cross-libel, and petition for personal injuries. This libel, cross-libel, and petition grew out of a collision between the Dorchester and the schooner Fannie S. Groverinan, which occurred in the waters of and near the mouth of 'Elizabeth river, on the early morning of the 13th of September, 1907. The facts are briefly those: The schooner, a “sharp sailed two-masted bugeye,” about 60 feet in length, gross tonnage 13 tons, net 7 tons, and the Dorchester, an ocean-going steamship 282 feet long, came into collision about 10 minutes past 12 on the…
1Opinion of the CourtWaddill, District Judge
(after stating the facts as above). This collision being between a steamship and a sailing vessel, the rules of navigation applicable are embraced in articles 21, 22, and 23 of the Inland Rules. Act June 7, 1897, c. 4, 30 Stat. 101 (U. S. Comp. St. 1901, p. 2883). These rules briefly prescribe: That, where' steam vessels and sailing vessels are approaching in such direction as to involve risk of collision, the former shall keep out of the way of the latter; that the sailing vessel in such case shall keep her course and speed; and that the steam vessel shall, if the circumstances of the case…
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