WILSON v. PACIFIC S.S. CO.

Nos. 146 and 173.

276 U.S. 454 (1928)

WILSON ET AL. v. PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY ET AL. PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY ET AL. v. WILSON ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 9, 1928.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Louis T. Hengstler, with whom Mr. Frederick W. Dorr was on the brief, for petitioners in No. 146 and respondents in No. 173.


MR. JUSTICE McREYNOLDS delivered the opinion of the Court.

Twelve miles off the shore of California, 9:53 A.M., November 29, 1922, sky clear, sea smooth and uninterrupted, the Newport, an iron passenger steamer 337 feet long — 2,643 tons — drove her prow amidships into the port side of the Svea, a wooden lumber steam schooner of 618 tons and 170 feet long. Both vessels were seriously injured. The...

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