Union-Castle Mail S. S. Co. v. Pendleton Shipbuilding & Nav. Co.
District Court, D. Massachusetts
In Admiralty. Libel by the Pendleton Shipbuilding & Navigation Company against the steamship Chepsto.w Castle, with cross-libel by the Union-Castle Mail Steamship Company, Limited, against the Pendleton Shipbuilding & Navigation Company and others.
1Opinion of the Court
MORTON, District Judge.
These two cases arise out of a collision on the high seas, about 15 miles southwest of Winter Quarter Shoal lightship, off the Virginia coast, between the three-masted schooner Emma F. Angelí and the steamer Chepstow Castle. The collision occurred about 2:25 a. m. on the morning of April 8, 1916. *148The schooner sank almost immediately. ■ Her crew were saved. The first case is a libel by her owners to recover damages for her loss. There is a cross-libel by the owners of the Chepstow Castle to recover for the damage to her.; The night was overcast and dark, with occasional…
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