YAEGER v. THE ALTEN

Civ. No. 9696.

167 F.Supp. 617 (1958)

Fred YAEGER, as owner of THE fishing vessel BREEZY BILL, Libelant, v. THE fishing vessel ALTEN, her engines, gear, furniture and apparel, and Raymond Hall, her owner, Respondents.

United States District Court D. Oregon.

December 3, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William F. White, White, Sutherland & White, Portland, Or., for libelant.

John R. Brooke, Wood, Matthiessen, Wood & Tatum, Portland, Or., for respondents.


EAST, District Judge.

In this cause the libelant seeks to recover damages resulting from a collision at sea. On August 13, 1957, at or about 0415 Pacific Standard Time (PST), the fishing vessel Alten and the fishing vessel Breezy Bill collided on the Pacific Ocean somewhere between the 31 and 34 fathom curve some seven miles west of Waldport and the mouth of the Alsea River, Oregon.

The Breezy Bill, a wooden-hulled vessel of some ten tons, cleared Newport...

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