Legal Opinion
The City of Atlanta
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided January 28, 1886PublishedCited by 4 opinions
In Admiralty.
1Opinion of the CourtShown, J.
The above cross-libels wero filed by the owners of the steam-propellers City of Atlanta and 1). J. Foley, to recover their respective damages arising from a collision, about 50 miles off the Virginia coast, at about 2:40 a. m., on the twenty-ninth of March, 1885. The stem of the City of Atlanta struck the starboard quarter of the Foley at an angle of from two to three points, about 35 feet from the stern, breaking in a hole about 15 inches deep. Two other slight blows were given afterwards, which broke the rail at two points nearer the stern.
The City of Atlanta was 260 feet long, and of about…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- The Elizabeth JonesSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
3Cited by4 opinions
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