Wright & Cobb Lighterage Co. v. New England Navigation Co.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
This cause comes here upon appeal from a decree of the District Court, Southern District of New York, dismissing a libel to recover damages for a collision between libelant’s barge and a car float in tow of á New Haven transfer tug, which latter two boats were broken away from a pier to which they were moored by a collision with the ferryboat Pierrepont. The facts are set forth with great fullness in the opinion of the District Judge, which will be found in 189 Fed. 809.
1Per curiam
It is necessary to add but little to the careful discussion of the various propositions presented in this complicated case, which will be found in Judge Holt’s opinion.
The charge of fault against the New England Navigation Company, charterer of the barge, for tying her up at the end of Pier 15 is disposed of by our recent opinion in The Rhein (March 10, 1913) 204 Fed. 252.
[1] As to the transfer tugs and car floats of the N ew Haven Railroad, which were tied up side by side at the end of Pier 15, we fully concur with Judge Holt that in the condition of fog then prevailing there was no…
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