Hoboken Ferry Co. v. Hall
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeal from tbe District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. This was a libel by John W. Hall, owner of the schooner Ettie H. Lister, against the steam ferryboat Paunpeck, for damages for injuries in a collision. A cross libel was filed by the Hoboken Ferry Company, owners of the Paunpeck, against Hall and the steamtug. Andrew J. White. Appeal from decrees holding both vessels in fault. Reversed, with instructions.
1Opinion of the Court
WALLACE, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from two decrees of the United States district court for the Southern district of New York holding the steam ferryboat Paunpeck and the steam-tug Andrew J. White mutually in fault for the damages caused by a collision between the Paunpeck and the schooner Ettie H. Lister, in tow of the White,
On April 24,, Í894, the ferryboat Paunpeck left her slip at the foot of Christopher street, New York, at 5:46 p. m., bound for the foot of Newark street, Hoboken, across the river from, and a little to the southward of, Christopher street. There was an ebb tide…
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