Cushing v. Owners of the Ship John Fraser
Supreme Court of the United States
• This was an appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the district of South Carolina,' sitting in admiralty. ' • ... . ■ - ■. It was a case of "collision," in the port of Charleston, under the circumstances particularly set forth in the.opinion of the court.
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• This was an appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the district of South Carolina,' sitting in admiralty. ' • ... . ■ - ■. It was a case of "collision," in the port of Charleston, under the circumstances particularly set forth in the.opinion of the court. " The James Gray was at anchor, and the John Eraser was. being towed into the harbor by the steamer General Clinch, when a collision - ensued between the John Fraser and the James Gray./ The owners of the latter libelled both the two other vessels. • The District Court dismissed the libel against the steamer, but decreed…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Taney
This is a case of collision in the port of Charleston, in South Carolina.. The brig James Gray took on hoard a valuable cargo at Charleston, destined foj Antwerp,--.and in the prosecution of her voyage hauled off from the wharf into the stream and an-. ' cliored, on the 1st of February, 1856. The place where she anchored was in the harbor, and was the place where vessels bound out usually anchored for a short period, to make their filial preparations for sailing on their voyage. It was, however, a thoroughfare for vessels bound in, and through which they were almost continually passing. She…
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