The P. R. R. No. 5
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. Suit in admiralty by the Taylor Dredging Company against the steam tug P. R. R. No. "5; the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, claimant. Decree for libelant, and claimant appeals.
1Per curiam
It was conceded at the argument that the General Newton was not at fault for tying up at the coal dock in Hoboken. *836That she was not at fault in failing to blow her whistle is manifest, because there is no law requiring her to do so, and, on the contrary, every reason why she should not do so. As was pointed out at the argument, she was moored fast to the dock, and sounding fog signals by her would only have tended to confuse and mislead moving vessels. As there was no fault on the part of the Newton, it is evident that the collision was due either to inevitable accident or to the fault of the…
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- Naamlooze Venootschap Maatschappij Stoomschip Barendrecht v. Moran Towing & Transportation Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1925
- Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1955
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