Legal Opinion
The Rhode Island
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York
Decided July 18, 1883PublishedCited by 4 opinions
In Admiralty.
1Opinion of the CourtBkown, J.
The above eross-libels were filed to recover damages arising from a collision between the schooner Eben Fisher, of which the libelant, Perry, was owner, and the steam-boat Rhode Island, owned by the Providence & Stonington Steam-ship Company. The collision occurred at about 10 minutes before 8 on the evening of April 16, 1880, in Long Island sound, at a point about three miles N. W. from Eaton’s Neck light-house, and both vessels were injured.
The Eben Fisher was a three-masted schooner of 298 tons register, loaded with a cargo of between 300 and 400 tons of ice, bound from Wiscasset, Maine,…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- The PennsylvaniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1874
- The" North Star"Supreme Court of the United States · 1882
- Dolner v. The MonticelloU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts · 1870
- The Morning LightSupreme Court of the United States · 1865
- The BlackstoneDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1870
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3Cited by4 opinions
- M. P. Howlett Inc. v. the Tug DalzellidoDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1971
- In re Canadian Pac. Ry. Co.District Court, W.D. Washington · 1921
- The Robert M. ThompsonCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1917
- The Oceania VanceDistrict Court, W.D. Washington · 1914