The Little

Citations

• 168 F. 393
• 1908 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 30

Syllabus

<p>Collision (§ Cl*) — Admiralty (§ 34*) — Evidence—Laches.</p> <p>Collision in the Providence River, Rhode Island, between the tows of the tug Little and the tug Mars in 1902. The Little exonerated and the Mars held because she was not navigating on the starboard side of the channel. The defence of laches not sustained as the purchaser of the Mars received a warranty bill of sale of the vessel and it appearing that the vendors were of financial responsibility, and further that they were in fact defending the vessel in this action.</p> <p>[Ed. Note. — For other cases, see Collision, Dec. Dig. § 61;* Admiralty, Cent. Dig. §§ 316-321; Dec. Dig. § 34.*]</p> <p>(Syllabus by the Judge.)</p>