Excerpt from United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit: American-Hawaiian Steamship Company, a Corporation, Owner and Claimant of the Steamship Virginian, Appellant and Cross-Appellee, Vs. Strathalbyn Steamship Company, Ltd., A Corporation, Appellee and Cross-Appellant January 15, 1912, the cross-appellant herein filed its libel in a cause of collision in the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Washington, Southern Division, against the ap pellant herein, and in due course the steamship Virginian was seized and subsequently released upon stipulation and bond. Thereafter, the ap pellant answered and cross-libeled the Strath albyn, which was attached and subsequently re leased upon bond. On February 8, 1912, the Strathalbyn Steamship Company, Ltd., as bailee of the cargo, the appellee herein, filed a libel against the steamship Virginian in said District Court, and the Virginian was duly attached and re leased upon the usual bond. Thereafter, the ap pellant herein, as owner of the Virginian, cited the Strathalbyn into the case, by petition, under the 59th admiralty rule, and the Strathalbyn was duly attached and subsequently released upon bond. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.