Smith v. Davis
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Appeals from the District Court of the United States for the District of Massachusetts. . Suit in admiralty by Charles U. Smith, as owner of the schooner Uejok, against the schooner Gov. Ames, Cornelius A. Davis and others, claimants, for collision, and cross-libel against the Uejok. Deere-' for cross-libelants, and libelant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
PUTNAM, Circuit Judge.
This is a case of collision, occurring at about half past 1 o’clock on the morning of March 22, 1906, between the schooner Eejok and the schooner Gov. Ames. There were cross-libels. The Eejok was three-masted, loaded with lumber, on a voyage from Brunswick, Ga., to New York City. Her libel alleges that she was approaching Sandy Hook, was steering northwest, with the wind “about S. S. W.,” that she was sailing free on the port tack, and proceeding at a rate of about five knots. It also alleges that her lookout saw and reported the green light of the Gov. Ames on her port…
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