Woolonghan v. The Bristol
District Court, S.D. New York
The cross-libels in this case grew out of q collision between the bark Bessie Rogers and the steam-boat Bristol, which occurred near Newport, Rhode Island, during a dense fog, on the night of August 9, 1872. Upon a trial before Blatceiford, J., in April, 1873, both vessels were held in fault. 6 Ben. 477.. The bark was sunk by the collision, and was a total loss.
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The cross-libels in this case grew out of q collision between the bark Bessie Rogers and the steam-boat Bristol, which occurred near Newport, Rhode Island, during a dense fog, on the night of August 9, 1872. Upon a trial before Blatceiford, J., in April, 1873, both vessels were held in fault. 6 Ben. 477.. The bark was sunk by the collision, and was a total loss. Her cargo of iron was owned by the respondent Connolly, who-w’as also sole owner of the bark, and was fully insured by the Great Western Insurance Company, to which company the cargo was abandoned by the owner upon payment to him of…
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.
Upon the facts appearing in the commissioner’s report, the matters reserved for further hearing present some novel questions. These relate chiefly to the application of the law of limited liability, the extent to which the damages are to be offset, and the mode in which the balance is to be struck, in a case of mutual fault, where there is severe *870damage to both-vessels, and to their cargoes, and where the owner of one of the vessels is also the owner of her cargo. The latter circumstance is the peculiar feature that distinguishes the present case from- any known adjudication. ,
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