The City of New York
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL PROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK. This was a-libel by the owners of the British barque Helen against the American steamship City of New York for a collision, which occurred on the evening of June 28,1879, off the New Jersey coast between Barnegat and Absecon, and resulted in the sinking of the Helen, and the total loss of the vessel and cargo.
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APPEAL PROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK. This was a-libel by the owners of the British barque Helen against the American steamship City of New York for a collision, which occurred on the evening of June 28,1879, off the New Jersey coast between Barnegat and Absecon, and resulted in the sinking of the Helen, and the total loss of the vessel and cargo. The District Court found both vessels to have been in fault, and decreed an apportionment of damages. 15 Fed. Bep. 624. Both parties appealed to the Circuit Court, by which the decree of the…
1Opinion of the Court
Mt?.. Justice Brown
delivered the opinion of the court.
Notwithstanding the ruling of this court in The. Abbotsford, 98 U. S. MO, that the finding of facts by the Circuit Court is conclusive, and that the only rulings that can be reviewed by this court are' those made upon questions of law, but few collision cases have been brought to this court since the act of February 16, 1875, 18 Stat. 315, c. 77, took effect, in which an effort has not been made, under one guise or another, to obtain a review of the findings of the Circuit Judge upon the testimony.- , If it' were the duty. of the court to…
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