The Mauch Chunk
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. This cause comes here upon appeals from the final decree of the District Court for the Southern District of New York entered December 21, 1905, which held both ferryboats Mauch Chunk and Northfield in fault for a collision between them, limited the liability of the respective owners, and distributed the proceeds.
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Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. This cause comes here upon appeals from the final decree of the District Court for the Southern District of New York entered December 21, 1905, which held both ferryboats Mauch Chunk and Northfield in fault for a collision between them, limited the liability of the respective owners, and distributed the proceeds. The Northfield was bound out from her slip which lies on the west side of a long pier, on the east side of which lies the slip for which the Mauch Chunk was bound. On June 14, 1901, about 6 p.…
1Opinion of the Court
COXE, Circuit Judge.
The majority of the court is of the opinion that the decree of the District Court is right and should be affirmed. As the cause received the most careful attention in the District Court both at the hands of the judge and the commissioner we would be entirely content to affirm on their opinions were it not for the fact that, though agreeing on all the other questions debated, we are not in accord as to the navigation of the Mauch Chunk. This situation makes it proper that we should state the reasons which lead us to hold the Mauch Chunk in fault.
The collision occurred in…
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