The Helen R. Cooper
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern New York
[Appeal from the district court of the United States for the Eastern district of New York.] In admiralty.
1Opinion of the Court
WOODRUFF, Circuit Judge.
On the 17th of February, 1S6C, the' ship J. F. Chapman, owned by the libellants, was lying on the north-eastwardly side of pier No. 45, East river, her bow towards the shore and her stern twenty feet inward from the end of the wharf. In that position she was run into by the ship Helen R. Cooper, which came in past the pier next above, head on, nearly at right angles to the Chapman, and broke in her side, doing great damage. The Cooper having been at that time in tow of the steam-tug R. L. Mabey, the libellants proceed against both ship and tug, charging both with…
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