Nealley v. The Michigan

MORRIS, District Judge.

This is a libel by the owners of the four-masted schooner John Holland against the steamship Michigan to recover the value of the schooner and her cargo, consisting of 1,700 tons of coal, which was sunk and lost in consequence of a collision with the steamship. The collision happened between 3 and 4 o’clock on the morning of the 16th of Juno, 1893, at a point outside the capes of the Chesapeake bay, about 10 miles east of Cape Henry light. The faults alleged against the steamsllip are that her lookout was not properly placed, (hat she negligently failed to see the light…