The Etruria
District Court, S.D. New York
This was a libel in rem by the New York Central & Hudson River Railroad Company against the steamship Etruria to recover damages resulting from a collision between the steamship and a barge belonging to libelant.
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, District Judge.
The necessary use by great steamers of the ends of adjacent piers for a few moments while making a berth, must be allowed equally with the rights of other craft to the use of the ends of the piers as a place for temporary mooring. These uses are attended with some danger, and the obligations of reasonable prudence and care rest upon each alike. The large steamers cannot make a berth against the strong ebb tide without swinging against two piers below the slip they intend to enter. Smaller craft, which are unable to withstand even the gentle pressure of such great…
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- The Chauncey M. DepewDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1904
- The MinneapolisCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1904
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