THE "POTOMAC"


105 U.S. 630 (____)

THE "POTOMAC."

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Timothy D. Lincoln for the appellant.

Mr. William Wirt Howe, contra.


MR. JUSTICE GRAY delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a libel in admiralty for collision, filed by the owner of the steamboat "Robert E. Lee" against the steamboat "Potomac." In the District Court, and in the Circuit Court on appeal, both vessels were found to have been in fault, and therefore, according to the settled rule in admiralty, affirmed and established by this court in The Catherine (17 How. 170), the amount of the damages to each vessel, being $19...

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