Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit December 12, 1916, No. 1463 (The John G. McCullough)

KNAPP, Circuit Judge.

On December 3, 1915, about half past 3 in the morning, in the lower Chesapeake Bay, there was a collision between the British steamship Begonia, lying at anchor, and the American steamship John G. McCullough, bótmd for Hampton Roads. The master of each vessel claimed that the other was at fault, and both of them promptly filed libels for damages.