The Comet
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Northern New York
[Appeal from the district court of the United States for the northern district of New York.] [In admiralty. Libel by John V. Detlor and others, owners of the Silver Spray, against the Comet (the Lake & River Transportation Company, claimants).]
1Opinion of the Court
WOODRUFF, Circuit Judge.
The libel herein was filed by the owners of the steamboat Silver Spray, for damages caused by a collision on Lake Huron, between their vessel and the propeller Comet, in which collision the steamboat was sunk. In the district court, the libellants obtained a decree for contribution, upon the ground that both vessels were in fault. 1 Abb. U. S. 451 [Case No. 3.050]. The claimants, owners of the Comet, appealed, and the cause has been tried in this court.
The Spray, a small steamboat of 150 tons burthen, was on a voyage from Goderich, in Canada, on the east side of the…
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