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The Sicilian Prince

District Court, S.D. New York

Decided January 29, 1904PublishedCited by 11 opinions

In Admiralty. Suit for collision.

1Opinion of the Court

HOLT, District Judge.

This libel was filed to recover damages caused by a collision between two steamers, the Sicilian Prince and the Jefferson, which occurred on April 2, 1903, in the Upper Bay of New York, about opposite the Erie Basin. The Sicilian Prince had been anchored that afternoon on the west side of the bay, just below the Statue of Liberty. The tide was ebb, so that, while at anchor, she lay headed in a northerly direction. She weighed anchor, and started to go to sea, and in order to do so was obliged to turn completely around. She went from her anchorage across to’ the east side…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. The Victory & the PlymothianSupreme Court of the United States · 1897

3Cited by11 opinions

  1. The Silver PalmCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1937
  2. The Ernest H. MeyerCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1936
  3. The AnacondaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1947
  4. Silver Line v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1937
  5. Broughton & Wiggins Nav. Co. v. Hammond Lumber Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1936

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