The S. B. Wheeler
Supreme Court of the United States
■ Appeal from the Circuit iCourt for. the District of Massachusetts; the case being thus : About one o’clock at night, on the 18th of July, 1871, a collision occurred in the Vineyard Sound,, between the schooners C. F. Beebe and S. B. Wheeler, by which the Beebe was sunk and totally lost. Hereupon .her owners, libelled the Wheeler in the District.Court for the District of Massachusetts.
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■ Appeal from the Circuit iCourt for. the District of Massachusetts; the case being thus : About one o’clock at night, on the 18th of July, 1871, a collision occurred in the Vineyard Sound,, between the schooners C. F. Beebe and S. B. Wheeler, by which the Beebe was sunk and totally lost. Hereupon .her owners, libelled the Wheeler in the District.Court for the District of Massachusetts. The libel alleged that the crew of the Beebe saw the green light of the other schooner something more than a mile off, and over their starboard bow; that the Beebe kept her course until it became apparent that…
1Opinion of the Court
The CHIEF JUSTICE
delivered the opinion of the court.
Questions of fact only are presented by this appeal. There-is no dispute as to the law'. Two courts have already found against the appellants. It has been over and over again ruled by this court that under such circumstances the burden is on the appellant to show the error. Every presumption is in favor of the decrees below. We ought not to reverse unless the error is'clear. . Such is not the case here.
It is, indeed, urged that the claimants, by their own proof, established the' fact that there was no lookout at the bow of the Wheeler when…
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