The Margaret J. Sanford
District Court, E.D. Virginia
In Admiralty. Suit for collision by the Strathleven Steamship Company, owner of the steamship Strathleven, against the steam tug Margaret J. Sanford and the scow S. 11. Decree for respondents.
1Opinion of the Court
WADDILL, District Judge,
On the morning of 19th January, 1912, about 9 o’clock, the steamship Strathleven, 3,996 tons gross, 350 feet long, 52 feet 3 inches beam, and 28 feet draft, light, came up the Elizabeth river, Norfolk, Va., in charge of a Virginia pilot, and cast anchor under the beacon near the entrance to the West Norfolk channel, on the western side of the river. The wind was blowing heavily from the northwest, some 30 miles an hour, and the tide slightly flood. On the opposite, or eastern side, of the river, and a little upstream, a dredge was at work, under contract with the…
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