Sicula Americana Di Navigazione A Vapore v. Dalzell
District Court, S.D. New York
In Admiralty. Suit by the Sicula Americana di Navigazione a Vapore, owner of the steamship San Giorgio, against Frederick B. Dalzell and W. Freeland Dalzell, doing business as Frederick B. Dal-zell & Co.
1Opinion of the Court
HAZED, District Judge.
This is a libel in personam to recover damages for negligent towing by the tugboats Dalzelline and C. P. Raymond, owned by the respondents. The question ’ submitted for decision, on conflicting evidence, is whether the respondents, in negligently allowing the steamer to strike the side of Pier 22, Brooklyn, N. Y., while swinging into her berth, were solely at fault for the injuries resulting therefrom to her propeller blades. They deny that the steamer sustained any damage from negligent handling on the part of the tugs, asserting that the steamer was berthed in the…
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