The Parkersburgh
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.) This was a libel in rem, filed in the district ■court, by the owner of the schooner J. R. Price, against the steamer Parkersburgh, to recover damages for a collision which occurred between the two vessels, on the morning of the 10th of April, 1859, before day light, some eight miles below Barnegat, on the coast of New Jersey, and three or four miles from shore.
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[Appeal from the district court of the United States for the Southern district of New York.) This was a libel in rem, filed in the district ■court, by the owner of the schooner J. R. Price, against the steamer Parkersburgh, to recover damages for a collision which occurred between the two vessels, on the morning of the 10th of April, 1859, before day light, some eight miles below Barnegat, on the coast of New Jersey, and three or four miles from shore. The district court decreed that both vessels were in fault, and apportioned the damages [case unreported], and both parties appealed to this…
1Opinion of the Court
NELSON, Circuit Justice.
The steamer was on her way from New York to Baltimore; the schooner from Brandywine, Delaware, to New Haven. The night was somewhat cloudy, and the weather hazy. The moon, which had shone through the clouds, was about setting at the time of the collision. The wind was light, so that the schooner had very little motion In the water. There was no light exhibited on the schooner, though she had seen the steamer several miles before the accident.
The steamer was in charge of the second mate, and his watch consisted of himself and two hands, one of whom was at the wheel, and…
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