Vance v. The S. S. Wilhelm
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for tbe Eastern District of Michigan. In Admiralty. Libel by Emery J. Vance and others against tbe propeller S. S. Wilhelm for loss of a tow. Tbe district court dismissed tbe libel, (47 Fed. 89,) and, on appeal by libelants, its decree was affirmed by the circuit court. 52 Fed. 602. Libelants again appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
TAFT, Circuit Judge.
The libelants and appellants, Emery J. Vance and others, owned tbe barge or schooner Mears, and bled their libel to recover damages for ibe total loss of tbe barge while being towed by tbe steam barge Wilhelm from Cheyboygan, Mich., to Tawas, Mich. Tbe towline between tbe propeller and tbe Mears parted in a storm on Lake Huron, a little to the north of Au Sable or Fish point, on tbe western shore of the lake. Tbe Mears went ashore and was broken up, and her cargo of lumber was completely destroyed. The libel charged that tbe loss occurred through tbe negligence of the…
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