The" City of Hartford" and The" Unit"
Supreme Court of the United States
Appeals from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. Hudson S. Rideout and others, owners of the schooner “ Abbie S. Oakes,” and Charles Robinson, owner of her cargo, filed their separate libels in the District Court for the Southern District of New York, against the steamboat “City of Hartford ” and the steam-tug “ Unit,” to recover, the first $8,000, and the second $4,500, damages, occasioned by the sinking of the schooner in East…
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Appeals from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. Hudson S. Rideout and others, owners of the schooner “ Abbie S. Oakes,” and Charles Robinson, owner of her cargo, filed their separate libels in the District Court for the Southern District of New York, against the steamboat “City of Hartford ” and the steam-tug “ Unit,” to recover, the first $8,000, and the second $4,500, damages, occasioned by the sinking of the schooner in East River, New York, which was caused bj^ a collision between the “ City of Hartford ” and her while she was in tow by the “…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Clifford
delivered the opinion of.the court.
Freedom from fault is a good defence in a cause of collision, even when the suit is promoted to recover compensation for injuries received by an unoffending party; but the innocent party, if the collision was occasioned by the fault of the other vessel or vessels,- is always entitled to full compensation for the injuries received, unless the loss exceeds the amount of the interest which the owners have in the offending ship or ships and the freight pending at the time of the collision. 9 Stat. 635; The Atlas, 93 U. S. 302.
Sufficient appears to show that the…
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