New York, N. & H. Steamship Co. v. Cornell Steamboat Co.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of New York. This was a libel by the Cornell Steamboat Company against the steamship Portia, the New York, Newfoundland & Halifax Steamship Company, claimant, for damages for the sinking of canal boat No. 3037, while in tow of libelant’s steam tugs R. Gr. Townsend and S. L. Crosby, by collision with the steamship. The district court rendered a decree for libelant. Claimant appealed. .
1Opinion of the Court
WALLACE, Circuit Judge.
The owners of the steamship Portia have appealed from a decree of the district court condemning her in damages for a. collision which took place in the East river opposite Blackwell’s Island. The libel and answer in the canse are commendably full and specific, and the testimony of the witnesses for both parties has been exceptionally candid. The facts are these:
The steam tugs S. L. Crosby and Townsend were proceeding up the river on a flood tide, which was running three or four miles an hour, with a tow of seven loaded canal boats. The Townsend was leading by a hawser…
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