Legal Opinion
The Curtin
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided May 9, 1913PublishedCited by 2 opinions
In'Admiralty. Suit by William S. Bensten, master of the gasoline sloop Cecilia, against the steam tug Curtin.
1Opinion of the Court
WADDILL, District Judge.
On the evening of the 11th of December, 1911, at 5:45 o’clock a collision occurred in the waters of Elizabeth river, a little above Pinner's Point between the Cecilia, a gasoline sloop of 15.47 tons, 52.5 feet in length, 15 feet beam, 4 feet draft, and equipped with a 50 H. P. gasoline engine, whereof libelant was master, and the Curtin, a tugboat of 85 tons gross, 90 feet long, 20 feet beam, 8% feet deep, engaged in coastwise and general towing, her home port being Philadelphia.
The Cecilia’s case is briefly as follows: As she was proceeding up the Elizabeth river from…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Haney v. Baltimore Steam Packet CompanySupreme Court of the United States · 1860
- The Lauretta SpeddinCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1910
3Cited by2 opinions
- Williams v. Norfolk, Baltimore & Carolina Line, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1936
- New v. United StatesDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1921