Sturgis v. Clough
Supreme Court of the United States
This was an appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States, sitting in admiralty, for the southern district of New York. The facts in the case are set forth in the opinion of the court. The District Court dismissed the libel, each party paying his own costs.
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This was an appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States, sitting in admiralty, for the southern district of New York. The facts in the case are set forth in the opinion of the court. The District Court dismissed the libel, each party paying his own costs. The Circuit Court affirmed this- decree, and that the appellees recover of the libellant their taxed costs of appeal'. amongst other points, that the evidence'established the custom, that when tugs met a vessel,.they rounded to or went around her, so that the bows of the two vessels would be in the same direction. that the Hector was…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Grier
The libellant in this case is owner of a steam-tug called the Zachary Taylor, or Hector.
The claimants are owners of the steam-tug Mabey.
At the time of this collision, on the 11th of August, 1851, they were both engaged in the business of towing vessels into the port of New York from the neighborhood of Sandy Hook.
The Hector was an old, heavy- boat, some one hundred and e ghty or cne hundred and ninety feet- long; the Mabey anew, •ght boat, of about one hundred feet in length,' and mueh the swifter of the tw.o, in the ratio of about fourteen to eight.. They were each looking out for employment…
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