Legal Opinion

The John G. McCullough

District Court, E.D. Virginia

Decided March 20, 1916PublishedCited by 8 opinions

In Admiralty. Suit for collision by Joseph Robinson, master of the British steamship Begonia, against the American Steamship John G. McCullough, Lars P. Nelson, .master, with cross-libel against the Begonia.

1Opinion of the Court

WADDILL, District Judge.

On the night of the 2d of December, 1915, about 12 o’clock, the Begonia, a British steamship, 345 feet long, and 46 feet beam, bound for Newport News, came to anchor about a mile to the southward and eastward of Thimble Light, near Black Buoy No. 13, in 8% fathoms of water. On the morning of the 3d of December, 1915, about 3:30 o’clock, the American steamship John G. McCullough, 253 feet 4 inches long, 40 feet 2 inches beam, also bound for Newport News, collided with the Begonia thus lying at anchor, causing serious injury, and to recover which this libel was filed.

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2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. The RichmondDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1902
  2. The EuropeCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1911
  3. The CaldyCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1907
  4. The Margaret J. SanfordDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1913
  5. The Job H. JacksonDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1906

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. American Hawaiian S. S. Co. v. MerriamCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1941
  2. The City of NorfolkCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1920
  3. Fay v. Compagnia Générale TransatlantiqueDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1930
  4. The CranfordCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1928
  5. Brooks v. United StatesDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1944

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