¶1held that the steamboat was the active power, and the ship the mere passive body, by which the damage was done, and that the proceeding, being in rem, was rightly brought against the steamer, whether she had a pilot on board or not. Decree for the libellants.
20 F. Cas. 554
The Rescue
Decided February 15, 1858
Massachusetts District Court · decided 1858-02-15
This was a libel in rem for damage by collision with libellants’ bark. There were two-separate eases of collision, at two different times, with the same bark, charged: but the one about which there was most controversy, occurred while the libellants’ vessel was lying at the end of their wharf at Charlestown.
Decided 1858-02-15