Shirley v. The Richmond
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Louisiana
[Appeal from the district court of the United States for the district of Louisiana.] About half past two o'clock on the morning of the 11th of February. 1872, the steamers Sabine and Richmond collided with each other a short distance below Twelve Mile Point on the Mississippi river. As a result of the collision, the Sabine sank in about five minutes, and the Richmond received some damage.
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[Appeal from the district court of the United States for the district of Louisiana.] About half past two o'clock on the morning of the 11th of February. 1872, the steamers Sabine and Richmond collided with each other a short distance below Twelve Mile Point on the Mississippi river. As a result of the collision, the Sabine sank in about five minutes, and the Richmond received some damage. The owners of the Sabine [J. W. Shirley and others] have filed their libel against the Richmond to recover for the damages sustained by the collision which they place at the sum of $37,500. and charge that…
1Opinion of the Court
WOODS, Circuit Judge.
The main question presented for decision is, Where does the fault which occasioned the collision lie?' The prominent facts in the ease appear to be as follows: The Richmond left the elevator, in the city of New Orleans, about one o'clock a. m., of the 11th of February, 1872, bound up the Mississippi river. She kept up the east bank of the river as far as Carrolton, and then crossed over and got under, and rounded Nine Mile Point on the west bank of the river. She kept close under the west bank until she reached the Kennedy plantation, about a mile above Nine Mile point…
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