The Breakwater
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OE .THE UNITED STATES FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK. This was a libel in admiralty for a collision wbicb took place on December 16, 1887, between the steam ferry-boat Pavonia of the Erie Railway line, as she was leaving her slip at the foot of Chambers Street in the North River, and the steamship Breakwater of the Old Dominion libe, ás she was coming up the river to her berth at the foot of Beach Street above the ferry slip.
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APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OE .THE UNITED STATES FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK. This was a libel in admiralty for a collision wbicb took place on December 16, 1887, between the steam ferry-boat Pavonia of the Erie Railway line, as she was leaving her slip at the foot of Chambers Street in the North River, and the steamship Breakwater of the Old Dominion libe, ás she was coming up the river to her berth at the foot of Beach Street above the ferry slip. The collision occurred a short distance below the ferry slip, the Breakwater striking the Pavonia on her port side a little abaft her…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brown
The principal contention of the appellant is that the Pavoniá ■was in fault for leaving her slip at the time she did, in view of the strong ebb tide, northerly wind, and the proximity of the Breakwater.
' The facts were that, at the time the Pavonia left her bridge, the Breakwater was off Barclay Street, about 880 feet down the river, pursuing her course up the river about 400 feet distant from the outer line of the piers. It is true that there was a strong ebb tide and a northwest wind, but although the effect of this was to swing the Pavonia’s bow somewhat down the river, as it emerged from…
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