The Granite State
Supreme Court of the United States
The steamer Granite State, plying between Hartford and New York, arrived before daybreak of a December morning in the Hudson, with passengers and freight, and was in the act of entering her dock between the city piers Nos. 24 and 25. Across the end of Pier No. 28 lay an old and pretty rotten barge, — the Ranger. The bai’ge’s pier extended many feet further out in the river than the piers in the immediate vicinity above and below.
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The steamer Granite State, plying between Hartford and New York, arrived before daybreak of a December morning in the Hudson, with passengers and freight, and was in the act of entering her dock between the city piers Nos. 24 and 25. Across the end of Pier No. 28 lay an old and pretty rotten barge, — the Ranger. The bai’ge’s pier extended many feet further out in the river than the piers in the immediate vicinity above and below. The barge had no masts, and her hull lay below the top of the pier; that is to say, the pier was higher than the vessel, as she lay in front of it. She was well…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Grier
It is not controverted, that the barge, which was fastened to the end of the pier, wras in a place she was entitled to occupy ; that she was not required to have a light suspended during the night time, as vessels anchored in the channel are required; nor to have a watch kept on board to warn off steamboats using the channel of the river. She was not on any track the steamer was.required to take; and, being incapable of motion, cannot be justly charged with any participation or fault in causing the collision.
As in the case of The Louisiana, recently decided, * there was no unusual convulsion…
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