Hawgood Transit Co. v. Mesaba S. S. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Appeals from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Michigan, in Admiralty. These appeals involve the question of liability (under libel and cross-libel) for a collision between the’ steel steamer Amasa Stone, owned by the Mesaba Steamship Company, and the steel steamer Etruria, owned by the Hawgood Transit Company, occurring in Lake Huron, off the Michigan shore, about seven miles above Presque Isle, at about 3:45 a. m., June 18, 1905. The…
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Appeals from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Michigan, in Admiralty. These appeals involve the question of liability (under libel and cross-libel) for a collision between the’ steel steamer Amasa Stone, owned by the Mesaba Steamship Company, and the steel steamer Etruria, owned by the Hawgood Transit Company, occurring in Lake Huron, off the Michigan shore, about seven miles above Presque Isle, at about 3:45 a. m., June 18, 1905. The Etruria was sunk, occasioning a total loss of $27S,550.96, and the Stone incurred damage amounting to $18,831.54. The Stone…
1Opinion of the CourtKnappen, District Judge
(after stating the facts as above). We are satisfied that the trial judge correctly concluded that both vessels were at fault for the collision.
As to the Etruria: By the undisputed proofs, she violated at least two of the rules prescribed for the express purpose of preventing collisions. By rule 14 (Act Feb. 8, 1895, c. 64, §' 1, 28 Stat. 645 [U. S. Comp. St. 1901, p. 2889]), she was required to sound as a fog signal, at intervals of not more than one minute, three distinct blasts of her whistle. It is undisputed that from the time she began to give passing signals she entirely ceased to give…
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