Hawaii Supreme Court February 28, 1887 (Pacific Navigation Co. v. Allen)

lead-opinion

Opinion of the Court, by

Preston, J.

This is an appeal by the Pacific Navigation Company from *14a decision of the Chief Justice whereby he held the steamer J. I. Dowsett solely to blame for a collision which happened between that vessel and the schooner Moiwahine, on the night of the 29th of June, 1886, and awarded the sum of $676.