Bedouin Steam Nav. Co. v. City of Macon
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia. In Admiralty. Libel by the Bedouin Steam Navigation Company, Limited, against the steamship City of Macon, (the New England & Savannah Steamship Company, claimant,) for collision with the steamship Nedjed. The district court held that the Nedjed alone was in fault, and dismissed the libel. 47 Fed. Rep. 919. Her owner appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
McCormick, Circuit Judge.
On the 18th of October, 1890, about 9:10 a. m., the steamship Nedjed started on her voyage to Liverpool, Eng:, from her dock at or near the Gordon wharf in the city of Savannah. She had on board a duly-licensed pilot. She had ahead of her a steam tug, to aid her in getting out into the stream of the Savannah river, and in her passage down its channel. She had a full cargo, and was drawing 19 feet 6 inches. About the same time that the Nedjed left her dock, the City of Macon left her slip at the Central Railroad wharf, about a mile higher up the river, and started on…
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