The British Isles
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. Dibel by Reginald Chapman Venning, master of the steamship British Isles,* against the Norwegian bark Bragdo, her tackle, etc., claimed by John G. Carlsen, in which cross-libel was filed. From a decree dismissing both the libel and the cross-libel, the libelant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
WARD, Circuit Judge.
The libel and a cross-libel concern a collision between the Norwegian bark Bragdo and the British steamship British Isles, both being dismissed by the District Judge on the ground that the collision was the result of vis major, neither vessel being at fault. The master of the British Isles alone takes an appeal.
The testimony of all the fact witnessés was taken by deposition, only experts being examined in open court. December 12, 1917, at about 10 a. m., the Bragdo came to anchor off Staten Island in 40 feet of water with 45 fathoms of chain on her starboard anchor, the…
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