The Rabboni
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Maine
Appeals from the District Court of the United States for the District of Maine. In Admiralty. Libel by Thomas J. Stewart and others, owners of the schooner Rabboni, against O. P. Rumball aid others, owners of the barkentine Nellie E. Rumball, to recover damages for a collision; Gross libel by the latter against the former for the same collision. The district court found that the barkentine was alone in fault, and decreed accordingly, 53 Fed. Rep. 948. Her owners appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
PUTNAM, Circuit Judge.
On these appeals the owners of the 'Nellie E. Rumball, the barlcentine, have produced important testimony which the learned judge who heard the cases below did not have the benefit, of. On the other hand, the owners of the Rabboni, the schooner, have not yet produced their lookout. In the light of the new evidence, all the proofs as they appeared to the district court seem to require re-examination.
The day after ihe collision, Capt. Tapley, the master of the Rabboni, noted his protest, in which he stated the wind was Ah W. by W., and his course was W. S. W.; and Capt.…
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