Southern S. S. Co. v. Randolph
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
In Admiralty. Libel by William F. Randolph, master and part owner of the schooner T. Morris Perot, on behalf of himself and the other owners of said schooner, and on behalf of himself and other members of the crew, against the American steamer Shawmut, together with a libel by William F. Randolph, late master of the schooner T. Morris Perot, against the American steamer Shawmut and against the own-ers of the schooner T. Morris Perot, together with libel by Stephen Olsen,…
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In Admiralty. Libel by William F. Randolph, master and part owner of the schooner T. Morris Perot, on behalf of himself and the other owners of said schooner, and on behalf of himself and other members of the crew, against the American steamer Shawmut, together with a libel by William F. Randolph, late master of the schooner T. Morris Perot, against the American steamer Shawmut and against the own-ers of the schooner T. Morris Perot, together with libel by Stephen Olsen, late mate on board of the schooner T. Morris Perot, against the American steamer Shawmut and against the owners of the…
1Opinion of the Court
DICKINSON, District Judge.
These cases all grow out of the same occurrence. This occurrence was the collision of the steamer *617Shawmut with the three-masted coasting schooner T. Morris Perot on the night of September 28, 1913. The collision occurred just south of Fenwick Island Lightship, in the Atlantic Ocean, off the Delaware coast. A libel was filed by the schooner, and a cross-bill by the steamer. There are libels also by the master and crew of the schooner for personal injuries.
The facts of this collision called forth comments at the argument from the proctors of the respective parties,…
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