The Leversons
District Court, D. Maryland
In Admiralty. This case having been once argued in the district court, the judge, after considering the case, directed a reargument. It was then at his request, and with the assent of counsel, reargued before both the district and circuit judges as if on appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
Momas, D. J.
This libel is Wed by the owners of the American schooner David E. Wolff, (122 tons,) against the British steamer Leversons, (916 tons,) to recover damages resulting from a collision in the Chesapeake bay. The schooner was bound down the bay from Baltimore to Portsmouth, Virginia, laden with 200 tons of steel rails. The steamer was proceeding up the bay -on a voyage from Liverpool to Baltimore. The collision occurred between 10 and 11 o’clock at night on February 25,1881, four miles S. E. by S. from York Spit light, the night being dark, but the atmosphere clear, and the wind a…
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