The "John L. Hasbrouck."
Supreme Court of the United States
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of New York. This was a libel by the owners of the sloop'“ Venus ” against the steam-propeller “ John L. Hasbrouck,” to recover damages for the sinking of the sloop by a collision with the propeller on the Hudson River, near West Point, on the night of Nov. 27, 1869. The District Court held that the collision was caused by the sole fault of the “Venus,” and entered a decree dismissing the libel:…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of New York. This was a libel by the owners of the sloop'“ Venus ” against the steam-propeller “ John L. Hasbrouck,” to recover damages for the sinking of the sloop by a collision with the propeller on the Hudson River, near West Point, on the night of Nov. 27, 1869. The District Court held that the collision was caused by the sole fault of the “Venus,” and entered a decree dismissing the libel: which decree having been affirmed by the Circuit Court, the libellant brought the case hero.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Clifford
delivered the opinion.of the court.
Rules of navigation are ordained, and required to be observed, to save life and property employed in' marine pursuits, and not to promote collisions, or to justify the wrong-doer where such a disaster has occurred. The Sunnyside, 1 Otto, 210.
Ships and-Vessels engaged in commerce ought to observe the rules of navigation in all cases where they apply; and it is safe' to affirm that they always apply when there is. impending risk of collision, except in special cases, where their observance would tend to promote what they were ordained to prevent, or whére…
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