United States v. Erie R.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Michigan. This was a libel in admiralty of the United States of America, as owner of the steamship Hancock, against the' steamer Binghampton, of Buffalo, to recover damages sustained by a collision occurring August 15, 1905, between the two vessels in Lake St. Clair.
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Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Michigan. This was a libel in admiralty of the United States of America, as owner of the steamship Hancock, against the' steamer Binghampton, of Buffalo, to recover damages sustained by a collision occurring August 15, 1905, between the two vessels in Lake St. Clair. The Erie Railroad Company, appellee, appeared and claimed exclusive ownership of the Binghampton, accepted service of the writ, and waived formal seizure, and thereupon filed its answer.' An intervening libel was filed by the master and others of the…
1Opinion of the CourtWarrington, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts as above). The collision between the Hancock and the Binghampton resulted in sinking the Hancock while engaged in surveying for purposes of the ship canal of Bake St. Clair.. The boundaries of the space under survey were marked by two lines of buoys bearing serial numbers; the width between these lines being about 3,500 feet. The object of the survey was to take soundings. This was done by means of a bathome-ter attached to the Hancock. The instrument automatically recorded the depth of the channel and the speed of the Hancock as she was moved back and forth between…
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