Chase

This is an appeal by Harry Chase, a Columbia river pilot, from a decree based upon a finding of his negligence in piloting the Hammond Lumber Company’s steam schooner Watsonville on the Columbia river in a turning maneuver from the main channel of the river into the chamlel leading to the Weyerhauser dock at Long-view, Wash. The lower court found that as the result of the pilot’s negligence the Watsonville came in contact with a flashing light known as “La Du Front Range Light,” which was supported by wooden dolphins in the river and stood to the height of some twenty-five feet. The Hammond Lumber Company is not shown to have any property interest in the dolphins or the light, and the briefs assume that they belong to the United States. The court below decreed a liability against the pilot in part in favor of the Plammond Lumber Company and the balance in favor *717 of the United States Merchants & Shippers Insurance Company of New York.

The libel alleged on behalf of the insurance company that it insured the Hammond Lumber Company against property damage. There is no allegation of any insurance of the liability of the Hammond Lumber Company to a third person for injury to the…