THE "SCOTLAND"


105 U.S. 24 (____)

THE "SCOTLAND."

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The case was argued by Mr. William Allen Butler, with whom was Mr. Thomas E. Stillman and Mr. John Chetwood, for the "Scotland," and by Mr. James C. Carter and Mr. Robert D. Benedict, with whom was Mr. Joseph H. Choate, for the libellants.


MR. JUSTICE BRADLEY delivered the opinion of the court.

The steamship "Scotland," belonging to the National Steam Navigation Company, a corporation of Great Britain, sailed from New York for Liverpool, on the 1st of December, 1866, with freight and passengers; and after reaching the high sea, opposite Fire Island light, ran into the American ship "Kate Dyer," bound from Callao, in the republic of Peru, to New York, laden with a cargo of guano. The "Kate Dyer" immediately...

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