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STEFFENS v. UNITED STATES

No. 253.

32 F.2d 206 (1929)

STEFFENS v. UNITED STATES. UNITED STATES v. STEFFENS.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

April 8, 1929.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles H. Tuttle, U. S. Atty., and Charles E. Wythe, both of New York City, for the United States.

Bigham, Englar, Jones & Houston, of New York City (T. Catesby Jones and Leonard J. Matteson, both of New York City, on the brief), for appellee.

Before MANTON, L. HAND, and AUGUSTUS N. HAND, Circuit Judges.

L. HAND, Circuit Judge (after stating the facts as above).

We are concerned only with the faults of the Aalsum, which are charged to be, first, an "immoderate" speed; and, second, failing to stop her engines upon hearing the Dannedaike's signals — both violations of article 16, as it has stood since 1889. The first depends upon whether she could stop her way with such visibility as existed after sighting another vessel. The Nacoochee, 137 U.S...

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