The Transfer No. 15
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. Suit in admiralty for collision by the Lansing Steamship Company, Incorporated, owner of the steamship Lansing, against the steam tug Transfer No. 15 and car float N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. No. 41, the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company, claimant, with cross-libel against the Lansing, in which the Seaconnet Coal Company intervened.
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Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. Suit in admiralty for collision by the Lansing Steamship Company, Incorporated, owner of the steamship Lansing, against the steam tug Transfer No. 15 and car float N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. No. 41, the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company, claimant, with cross-libel against the Lansing, in which the Seaconnet Coal Company intervened. Appeal in' admiralty from decree dismissing the libel of the steamship Lansing against the steam tug Transfer No. 15, and sustaining the libel of the steam tug…
1Opinion of the Court
HOUGH, Circuit Judge.
[1] The collision out of which these litigations arose occurred off the ferries at the foot of Whitehall street, Manhattan, on a fair afternoon (April 19, 1916), when the wind was light, the weather clear, and the East River tide still running ebb, although the tide had begun to rise. The Lansing is a steamer 250 feet long, originally built for traffic on the Great I,alces, and of very slow speed. The Transfer No. 15 is an able tug 125 feet long, and had in tow a loaded carfloat on each side, each float being 327 feet long. The Lansing was bound up the East River; the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Delaware, L. & W. R. v. Central R.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1916
- The Tugboat No. 6Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1909
3Cited by3 opinions
- Mesick & Mesick Transp. Co. v. New York, N. H. & H. R.District Court, E.D. New York · 1926
- The War PointerCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1921
- New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad v. Baltimore & Ohio RailroadDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1955