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THE BLUE JACKET

No. 241.

144 U.S. 371 (1892)

12 S.Ct. 711

36 L.Ed. 469

THE BLUE JACKET. THE TACOMA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 4, 1892.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John B. Allen for appellant.

Mr. John H. Mitchell for appellee.

MR. JUSTICE BLATCHFORD delivered the opinion of the court.

On the 11th of June, 1885, about two o'clock in the morning, the steam-tug Tacoma was towing the bark Colusa, of about 1200 tons burden, laden with lumber and bound on a voyage to San Francisco, California, from Port Townsend, in the Territory of Washington, to Cape Flattery, the bark being towed by a hawser about 150 fathoms long, and the stern of the tug being about 750 feet ahead of the stem of the bark...

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