Canton Ins. v. of the Victory
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Appeals from the .District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Virginia. These are appeals from the district court of the United States for the Eastern district of Virginia, sitting in admiralty. On tlie 12th November, 1891, the British steamer Victory, in ballast, was proceeding up Elizabeth river on her way from Hampton Roads to Norfolk.
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Appeals from the .District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Virginia. These are appeals from the district court of the United States for the Eastern district of Virginia, sitting in admiralty. On tlie 12th November, 1891, the British steamer Victory, in ballast, was proceeding up Elizabeth river on her way from Hampton Roads to Norfolk. The steamship Plymothdan, on the same day, had left the pier at Lambert’s point, and was proceeding to sea down Elizabeth river. She had a cargo of cotton. The Victory was an iron steamship, 338 feet in length, 38% in breadth, drawing 17…
1Opinion of the CourtSimonton, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts). The experienced and learned judge who heard the case below, after a clear and full statement of the facts, held the Victory liable for the collision, because she violated the great rule of the road, “Keep to the right.” He applied to her that rule as embodied in article 21 in the revised international rules and regulations for preventing collisions at sea, adopted and made the law of the United States by an act of congress March 3, 1885 (23 Stat. 438). The Victory, being in a comparatively narrow but deep channel, up which she was proceeding in full view of the…
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