The Three Bros.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeal* from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. The claimants of the tug Three Brothers appeal from a decree of the District Oourt for the Southern District of New York holding the tug solely in fault for causing the scow Atlas, which was being towed by the tug, to collide with an abutment of Kingsbriclge in the Harlem river.
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Appeal* from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. The claimants of the tug Three Brothers appeal from a decree of the District Oourt for the Southern District of New York holding the tug solely in fault for causing the scow Atlas, which was being towed by the tug, to collide with an abutment of Kingsbriclge in the Harlem river. The damages to the Atlas were assessed at $1,184.15 and a decree was entered in her favor for 81,265.81. The petition against the Clare was dismissed with costs. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion of the District…
1Opinion of the Court
COXE, Circuit Judge.
At the point where the collision occurred there is a sharp bend in the Harlem river, the channel at 212th street being at right angles to the channel above Kingsbridge. At the time of the collision a strong ebb tide, running three miles an hour, was setting on the Bronx shore. The navigable channel at this point is about 300 feet wide and on the Bronx side the Hudson River Railroad Company has built a sloping wall with large rough rocks under water for some distance out from the bulkhead line. In the center of the. channel is an abutment upon which the double swing…
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