BOSTON MARITIME CORPORATION v. OCEAN S. S. CO.

Nos. 2894, 2931, and 3007.

17 F.2d 804 (1927)

BOSTON MARITIME CORPORATION et al. v. OCEAN S. S. CO. OF SAVANNAH. ATLANTIC COAST LUMBER CORPORATION v. SAME. OCEAN S. S. CO. OF SAVANNAH v. BOSTON MARITIME CORPORATION et al.

District Court, D. Massachusetts.

January 5, 1927.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen R. Jones and Blodgett, Jones, Burnham & Bingham, all of Boston, Mass., for Boston Maritime Corporation and others.

Russell, Moore & Russell, of Boston, Mass., for Ocean Steamship Co. of Savannah.

Bigham, Englar & Jones, of New York City, for Atlantic Coast Lumber Corporation.


MORTON, District Judge.

These cases arise out of a collision on the high seas between the four-masted schooner Wemyss and the steamship City of Montgomery. The facts are as follows:

The collision occurred shortly after 1 a. m. on Saturday, November 22, 1924, at a point about 25 miles southwest of Diamond Shoals Lightship. The Wemyss, loaded with lumber, was coming up the coast on a voyage from Georgetown, S. C., to Baltimore, Md. The Montgomery was bound from...

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