Legal Opinion
The Mary E. Morse
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided March 6, 1908No. 1,794PublishedCited by 4 opinions
In Admiralty. Suit by Charles C.- Sparks against the schooner Mary E. Morse. Decree for respondent.
1Opinion of the Court
DODGE, District Judge.
The libelant was master and his wife owner of the barge Kathleen. He sues for damage to the barge received in a collision with the schooner Mary E. Morse, which pccurred at about 6 p. m. on April 15, 1906, in full daylight and fair weather, near Old Point Comfort, Va. ■ The barge was the last in a line of seven barges, all being towed to sea from Norfolk by the tug Helen and bound for Philadelphia. The schooner, which was a three-masted vessel, had all sail set except her foretopsail, and was also bound to sea on a voyage to Colon. The barge was without motive power of…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- The BeeCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1905
- The Admiral SchleyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1904
- The GertrudeCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1902
- Tooker v. Philadelphia & R. Ry. Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1906
3Cited by4 opinions
- The HelenDistrict Court, D. New Jersey · 1913
- Standard Dredging Co. v. Henry Du Bois Sons & Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1934
- The HelenCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1916
- The PiedmontCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1917