Legal Opinion
The Socony No. 19
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided November 12, 1928No. 39-42PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtL. Hand, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts as above). We are content to accept the finding of the judge as to the place of the collision, though so far as we can see it was equally open to him to plaee it further to the east or to the west. He saw the witnesses, and under familiar law his conclusion we should accept. So mueh granted, the Soeony’s navigation was plainly at fault. Either she was not alert, and saw the Marine too late, or she was unaccountably tardy in taking action. She had ample water on her starboard hand, and can be excused only on the theory that she was confronted by a sudden emergency when…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- McCaffrey v. The Clara & The RelianceCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1893
- The MorristownCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1922
- Commonwealth & Dominion Line, Ltd. v. Seaboard Transp. Co.District Court, D. Massachusetts · 1919
- 1Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1910
3Cited by21 opinions
- Petitions of the Kinsman Transit Company, as Owner and Operator of the Steamer MacGilvray Shiras, and of Midland Steamship Line, Inc., as Owner and Operator of the Steamer Michael K. Tewksbury, Their Engines, Etc., for Exoneration From or Limitation of Liability, City of Buffalo, Claimant-Respondent-Appellant, Kelley Island New York Corporation, Claimants-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1964
- P. Dougherty Co. v. United States. P. Dougherty Co. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1953
- The PerseveranceCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1933
- In re Kinsman Transit Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1964
- Construction Aggregates Co. v. Long Island R. Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1939
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