Gulf of Mexico
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeals from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. Libels in admiralty by the Grace Steamship Company against the steamship Gulf of Mexico, the Gulf Refining Company, claimant, and the steamship Corning, the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey, claimant; by the French Overseas Corporation against the steamship Gulf of Mexico, the Gulf Refining Company, claimant, the schooner Kirkcudbrightshire, Thomas Law & Co., claimant, and the…
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Appeals from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. Libels in admiralty by the Grace Steamship Company against the steamship Gulf of Mexico, the Gulf Refining Company, claimant, and the steamship Corning, the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey, claimant; by the French Overseas Corporation against the steamship Gulf of Mexico, the Gulf Refining Company, claimant, the schooner Kirkcudbrightshire, Thomas Law & Co., claimant, and the steamship Corning, the Standard Oil Company, claimant; by Thomas Law & Co. against the steamship Corning, the Standard Oil…
1Opinion of the Court
MANTON, Circuit Judge.
These four suits were heard together, and considered in one opinion below, and we shall deal with them here in one opinion.
On January 31, 1918, the steamship Corning was at anchor on the anchorage grounds off Staten Island. She left her anchor about 3 or 4 o’clock in the morning, and while turning to pass down through the Narrows, out to sea, encountered ice which, she says, diminished her headway and made her unmanageable. She swept downstream somewhat broadside, until her starboard quarter fouled the bow of the ship Gulf of Mexico. This was a loaded tank steamship,…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- The OregonSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
- The City of New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
- The" Virginia Ehrman" and The" Agnese"Supreme Court of the United States · 1878
- The Granite StateSupreme Court of the United States · 1866
- Rice v. Brooklyn Ash Removal Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1918
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3Cited by21 opinions
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- The DomiraCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1932
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