The Evolution
District Court, D. Massachusetts
In Admiralty.. Suit by Alexander Watson, owner of the schooner M. D. S., against the schooner Evolution, for salvage and' collision damages; also petition for salvage by the Mariners’ Towboat Company, owner of the tug Eveleth.
1Opinion of the Court
DODGE, District Judge.
The libelant is the owner of the British schooner M. D. S. On November 12, 1911, while bound on a voyage, under charter, from Hantsport to Vineyard Haven for orders, then to discharge in Long Island Sound or at New York, she anchored in Gloucester outer harbor, just inside the breakwater. On November 16, the Evolution, also a British vessel, came into the harbor and anchored near by. Both vessels remained at anchor until the night between Saturday, November 18th, and Sunday, November 19_th, when the wind began to blow strong from the southwest, and increased in force…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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- The EnterpriseDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1870
- Cooper v. F. H. StanwoodCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1892
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