Greenman v. The Steam-Boat Narragansett

Choate, D. J.

This is a suit brought by the owners of the steam-boat City Point to recover damages sustained by her through collision with the Narragansett in the Hudson river, off pier 33, at about a quarter past 5 o’clock in the afternoon, on the twenty-sixth day of June, 1877. The City Point was a side-wheel steam-boat about 204 feet in length. She was then running as an excursion boat between the city and the fishing banks, and was on her return trip. Having landed passengers at pier 2, she was proceeding up the river on her way to her next landing at the foot of Tenth street.

The…