McCaldin v. Providence & S. Steamship Co.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for' the Southern District of New York. This was a libel by James MeCaldin and Joseph McCaldin against the propeller Amos C. Barstow’, the Providence & Stonington Steamship Company, claimants, to recover damages for a collision between the said propeller ar.d libelants’ tug James A. Garfield; also a libel by Henry Robin against both the Garfield and the Barstow to recover for personal injuries and for property lost or…
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Appeal from the District Court of the United States for' the Southern District of New York. This was a libel by James MeCaldin and Joseph McCaldin against the propeller Amos C. Barstow’, the Providence & Stonington Steamship Company, claimants, to recover damages for a collision between the said propeller ar.d libelants’ tug James A. Garfield; also a libel by Henry Robin against both the Garfield and the Barstow to recover for personal injuries and for property lost or damaged. The owners of tbe tug also filed a petition for limitation of liability. There were decrees below bolding both…
1Per curiam
The collision which is the subject of this controversy took place in broad daylight, off pier 4, New York City, in the East river, between the tug Garfield and the propeller Barstow. There was an ebb tide, running at the time between three and four knots an hour. The Barstow had come around the Battery from the North river, intending to make pier 11, and was proceeding up the East river at a speed of about six knots against the tide, on a course parallel with, and about 400 feet from, the ends of the piers. She had gradually overtaken the tug Atlas, which had also come round the Battery, and…
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