Morrow S. S. Co. v. Morrell

KOSCINSKI, District Judge.

Findings of Fact.

1. On September 28, at about 11:00 P.M., the freight steamers Robert J. Paisley and Daniel J. Morrell, both light, collided in the waters of the Detroit River between the upper end of Belle Isle and the lower end of Peche Island.

2. The Paisley, 414 feet in length, after completing the unloading of its cargo of coal on the Water Works docks on the Detroit side, in the north channel of the river, was returning to Sandusky, Ohio. Her projected course was downbound, as she proceeded in an easterly direction in the north channel, then making a right turn…