Hawkins v. The Viola
District Court, S.D. New York
In Admiralty. Libel by J. Clarence Hawkins against the schooner Viola for collision. Decree for divided damages.
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, District Judge.
On the 7th of November, 1893, at about 2 A. M., the libelant’s schooner Monette, bound east in Long Island sound, was sunk, through a collision with the schooner Viola, bound west, at a point about south of the Stonington light. The above libel was filed to recover for the damages to the Monette and her cargo.
The wind was moderate, from the northward. The Monette had been previously making a course of east half north, and claims to have been closehauled on her port tack. The Viola had been making a course of west half north, admitting that she had the wind, a little…
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- United States v. Buffalo ParkU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Northern New York · 1879
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