Graves v. Lake Michigan Car Ferry Transp. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern1 'Division o'f the Northern District of Illinois. Suit in admiralty b3r Luther P. Graves, as owner of the schooner barge Annabell Wilson, against the steam tug S. M. Fisher and Car Ferry No. 1, the Lake Michigan Car Ferry Transportation Company, claimant, and cross-libel against The Wilson. Decree against The Wilson alone, and libelant appeals.
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Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern1 'Division o'f the Northern District of Illinois. Suit in admiralty b3r Luther P. Graves, as owner of the schooner barge Annabell Wilson, against the steam tug S. M. Fisher and Car Ferry No. 1, the Lake Michigan Car Ferry Transportation Company, claimant, and cross-libel against The Wilson. Decree against The Wilson alone, and libelant appeals. This appeal is from si decree of the District Court in admiralty, condemning the appellant’s schooner barge, under libel and cross-libel filed for recovers' of damages arising out of a…
1Opinion of the CourtSeaman, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts as above). The general locality of the collision in suit was at the entrance between Sturgeon Bay and Green Bay, having about two miles of water, in most part navigable, between the shores; and the appellant’s schooner barge Wilson was at anchor off Sherwood Point, on the southerly shore of such entrance, within or near the usual (and charted) course of vessels bound to or from the ports of Green Bay or Peshtig'O. Sturgeon Bay is a fine expanse of water, both for navigation and for anchorage grounds, extending from the Sturgeon Bay Canal, westerly and northwesterly to…
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