The Black Diamond
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. Libel by the Pennsylvania Coal Company and another against the steam tug Black Diamond, of which Walker I). Hines, as Director General of Railroads, was claimant, in which the steam tug William E. Cleary, of which the Cornell Steamboat Company was claimant, was brought in under the fifty-ninth rule (29 Sup.
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Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. Libel by the Pennsylvania Coal Company and another against the steam tug Black Diamond, of which Walker I). Hines, as Director General of Railroads, was claimant, in which the steam tug William E. Cleary, of which the Cornell Steamboat Company was claimant, was brought in under the fifty-ninth rule (29 Sup. Ct. xlvi). From a decree for tire libelants against the steam tug William E. Cleary, the claimant of that tug appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
MANTON, Circuit Judge.
On May 8, 1918, at about 2 p. m., in the East River, betwen Manhattan Bridge and Corlears Hook, a collision occurred between the libelants’ boat No. 370, which was in tow of the Cleary, and a loaded car float in tow of the Black Diamond. The weather was clear, with a strong ebb tide and a strong westerly wind. The Cleary was proceeding down the river, in the center thereof, with four light boats in tow on- a hawser about 100 feet long. These boats were made up in a tier of three, with a fourth trailing behind on the starboard hawser boat. The Black Diamond was coming…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- The W. G. MasonCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1905
- The New York Central No. 17Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1919
- ClearyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1916
- McCaldin v. Providence & S. Steamship Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1895
- The GanogaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1905
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- The DomiraCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1932
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