Collection search - NEIL AND HANNAH LTD. AS OWNERS OF THE SS LINDA LIABILITY OF THE CROWN FOR LOSS OF AN ANCHOR AND CHAIN BY THE SS LINDA WHEN IT WAS ANCHORED OVERNIGHT BY ORDER OF THE PILOT NEAR PLATON WHARF AT PORTNEUF, PQ ON THE ST. LAWRENCE RIVER ON JULY 11, 1953 WHILE ON A VOYAGE FROM THE U.K. TO MONTREAL. WHETHER THE CROWN IS LIABLE AS THE AUTHORITY RESPONSIBLE FOR KEEPING NAVIGABLE WATERS CLEAR OF OBSTRUCTION - THE LINDA'S ANCHOR CABLE CAUGHT ON AN OBSTRUCTION IN THE RIVER BED. WHETHER THE PILOT IN QUESTION, LOUIS PHILIPPE DAIGLE, WAS A SERVANT OF THE CROWN. STATUTE: CANADA SHIPPING ACT RSC1952, C29, S2(64) AND PART 6, S362, S362(2), S368(1)(e) GOVERNMENT HARBOURS AND PIERS ACT RSC1952, C135 NAVIGABLE WATERS PROTECTION ACT RSC1952, C193, S14