Butterfield v. Boyd
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York
[Appeal from the district court of the United States for the southern district of New York.] In admiralty. This was a libel in per-sonam, filed in the district court, by [Carlos Butterfield] the owner of the Mexican steamer Iturbide, against [John J. Boyd and others] the owners of the ship Mercury, to recover damages occasioned by a collision between the two vessels.
1Opinion of the Court
NELSON, Circuit Justice.
The collision in this case occurred on the 4th of November, 1854, after both vessels had passed the bar outside of Sandy Hook. The ship had been towed to sea, and her hands were engaged in taking in the hawser, which had been cast off by the tug a short time before the accident occurred. The steamer had passed the ship as she was going through the Ged-ney channel, and, soon after, hove to, for the purpose of sending her pilot and some passengers on board the tug, which was about to return to the city. At the time the hawser was cut off, the steamer was some quarter or…
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