Legal Opinion
The Fannie Hayden
District Court, D. Maine
Decided May 2, 1905No. 33PublishedCited by 5 opinions
In Admiralty. Suit for collision.
1Opinion of the Court
HAEE, District Judge.
On the 18th day of January, 1904, between 4 and 5 o’clock in the morning, at a point to the southward and westward of outer Green Island, in Casco Bay, the libelant’s schooner Lettie May was sunk through a collision with the schooner Fannie Hayden. This libel is filed to recover for the damages to the Lettie May and for the loss of her outfits and catch on board, and also for the loss of the personal effects of her crew.
The Lettie May was a two-masted schooner of the burden of about 27 tons, 50 feet long, 16 feet beam, and 9 feet draft, and at the time of the collision…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Metropolitan S. S. Co. v. VanderbiltCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1896
- The FannieSupreme Court of the United States · 1871
- The ColumbianCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1900
- Wierk v. The Mary Adelaide RandallDistrict Court, D. Connecticut · 1893
- The DevonianDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1901
3Cited by5 opinions
- Brigham v. LuckenbachDistrict Court, D. Maine · 1905
- The Greystoke CastleDistrict Court, N.D. California · 1912
- Hinman v. BarrettDistrict Court, N.D. New York · 1917
- The Kaga MaruDistrict Court, W.D. Washington · 1927
- Sadowski v. The Tug GremlinDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1957