Cuba Distilling Co. v. Grace Line, Inc.

Whatever measure of lenity we should accord the “Lara”, faced with the sudden apparition of the “Cassimir,” we cannot excuse her altogether. The judge found that, when the “Cassimir’s” lights were snapped on, she already appeared to be a vessel headed across the “Lara’s” bows from port to starboard. That finding had adequate support in the evidence, and we will not disturb it. It made the “Lara’s” navigation the only course sure to bring her into collision. Had she kept on, she would probably have gone under the “Cassimir’s” stern; had she backed, she would almost certainly have done so; had…