Legal Opinion

The Georgic

District Court, S.D. New York

Decided May 31, 1910PublishedCited by 10 opinions

In Admiralty. Proceeding by the Oceanic Steam Navigation Company as owner of the steamship Georgic for limitation of liability for damages occasioned by collision between that vessel and the steamship Finance.

1Opinion of the Court

HOUGH, District Judg'e.

From the voluminous testimony in this case a few facts can safely be said to be either admitted or so plainly proven as to require only statement without discussion of the evidence. On the morning of November 26, 1908, there was a collision between the Georgic and the Finance in the Main Ship Channel to the eastward of a north and south line drawn from the Hook Beacon to Buoy N 4 and (having regard to the line of channel buoys) between Buoys N 4 and N 2%. The vessels came together with the bow of the Georgic against the port side of the Finance at a point not more than…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. The Ludvig HolbergSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
  2. Metropolitan S. S. Co. v. VanderbiltCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1896
  3. The No. 4Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1908
  4. The St. LouisCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1899
  5. The El MonteDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1902

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Dorrington v. City of DetroitCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1915
  2. The CoamoCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1922
  3. Sinclair Refining Co. v. The Morania DolphinDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1959
  4. The CorsairCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1930
  5. Peering v. United StatesDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1922

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