title:
The Tacoma Mill Company, Libellant, vs The Ship Blue Jacket, her tackle, apparel, and furniture, Respondent, F F Percival, Claimant, consolidated [with] D O Mills, Cross Libellant vs The Steam Tug Tacoma, her engines, boilers, tackle, apparel, and furniture, Respondent, Appeal of Respondent and Cross Libellant.
creator:
The Ship Blue Jacket
creator:
F. F. Percival
creator:
D. O. Mills
contributor:
McNaught
contributor:
Hanford
contributor:
McGraw
date:
1888-01-01
publisher:
Supreme Court of the Territory of Washington
type:
Civil
subject:
Admiralty
language:
eng
format:
application/pdf
description:
Prior History: APPEAL in Admiralty from the District Court holding terms at Seattle. Third District.A libel in admiralty was filed to recover the sum of $ 12,000 damages resulting from a collision between the ship Blue Jacket, of which the claimant, F. F. Percival, was master, and the tug Tacoma, owned by the libellant, the Tacoma Mill Company, which occurred about two o'clock A.M. on the 11th day of June, 1885, in the vicinity of Port Angeles, in the Straits of Fuca. The tug was towing the bark Colusa, laden with lumber, about 1,200 tons burden, to sea, and the Blue Jacket was coming in, under full sail, with a fair wind, in ballast.Admiralty – Collision between Sailing Vessel and Tug – Negligent Steering – A ship following a swinging path, deviating about half a point alternately to starboard and port of its main course, approached about two o’clock in the morning a steam-tug, with a bark in tow, with the red lights visible. The tug, when about one-third of a mile distant the ship bearing about one and three-eighths points off the port bow of the tug, and showing both lights to the bark and the red one to the tug, for the purpose of avoiding the ship, put her helm hard a-port, when the ship, instead of keeping her course or putting her helm to port – either of which would have avoided the collision – negligently put her helm hard-a-starboard, and kept it in that position until the collision occurred. The mate of the tug had no license, and the tug kept no lookout, as required by law, but neither of these facts contributed to the collision, which was caused solely by the negligence of the ship’s crew: Held, that the ship was liable for damages caused by the collision.
relation:
Tacoma Mill Co. v. The Blue Jacket, 3 Wash. Terr. 581 (1888)
relation:
19 P. 151
rights:
These materials are public records. Please see Washington State Court Rules: General Rules 31 for details https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/pdf/GR/GA_GR_31_00_00.pdf
