The A. A. Raven
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania; Oliver B. Dickinson, Judge. Suit in admiralty for collision by the United States against the steamship A. A. Raven. From the decree, both parties appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
McPHERSON, Circuit Judge.
In this action for collision by the steam dredge Delaware against the steamship A. A. Raven, two appeals are before us, one by the Raven from so- much of the decree as adjudged her to be solely in fault (216 Fed. 572), and the other by the United States, the owner of the dredge, from the award of damages (222 Fed. 958). We shall consider the appeals in their order.
Appeal of the Raven.
[1] The collision took place not long after 9 o’clock on the evening of December 5, 1913, on the Riston range of the Delaware river, a few miles above the head of the bay. There was no…
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