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THE OREGON

Nos. 270, 273.

158 U.S. 186 (1895)

15 S.Ct. 804

39 L.Ed. 943

THE OREGON.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 6, 1895.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. C.E.S. Wood for Simpson and the Clan Mackenzie.

Mr. Artemas H. Holmes for the Oregon and the Railway Company. Mr. W.W. Cotton, Mr. John F. Dillon, and Mr. J.M. Wilson were with him on his brief.

Mr. William A. Maury by leave filed a brief for intervenors. Mr. Raleigh Stott, Mr. W.L. Boise, Mr. George C. Stout, and Mr. C.W. Fulton were with him on the brief.

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

At the time of the collision in question, which occurred about one o'clock on the morning of December 27, 1889, the ship Clan Mackenzie, an iron sailing vessel of 2500 tons burden, bound from Rio Janeiro to Portland in ballast, was lying at anchor in five fathoms of water on the westerly or Oregon side of the Columbia River, about 900 feet distant...

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