Legal Opinion
Norwich & N. Y. Propeller Co. v. The Transfer No. 5
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided January 22, 1892PublishedCited by 1 opinion
In Admiralty. Suit to recover damages caused libelant’s steamer by collision with a float in tow of the Transfer No. 5.
1Opinion of the Court
Brown, District Judge.
About 3 o’clock in the morning of June 9, 1891, the tide being ebb, as the steam-tug Transfer No. 5 was proceeding eastward through the easterly channel of Hell Gate near the Astoria shore, having a car-float loaded with cars lashed to her port side and *399projecting ahead of her about 75 feet, the float came in collision with the libelant’s steam-propeller Delaware coming westward, striking the latter upon her starboard side about 20 feet from her stem, and inflicting considerable damage, to recover which the above libel was filed.
There is some dispute as to the precise…
2Cited by1 opinion
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