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THE BRITANNIA

Nos. 340, 341, and 342.

153 U.S. 130 (1894)

14 S.Ct. 795

38 L.Ed. 660

THE BRITANNIA (1). THE BRITANNIA (2). THE BEACONSFIELD.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 23, 1894.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Robert D. Benedict for the Britannia, appellant.

Mr. George A. Black for the Beaconsfield and Elizabeth Cleugh, appellees.

Mr. Sidney Chubb for Cotton, appellee.

MR. JUSTICE SHIRAS, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.

As both the District Court and the Circuit Court, though for somewhat different reasons, found the Britannia to be in fault, and as we agree with them in that conclusion, it is not necessary for us to go at length into that part of the controversy. It is sufficient to say that it appears that the Britannia came so close to Governor's Island that she grazed the bottom, and rendered it necessary...

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