Stahl v. The Niagara
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the- United States for the Southern District of New York. On. the morning of November 8, 1895, the bark Hales, owned by John B. Stahl and others, collided with the steamer Niagara, owned by the New York & Cuba Mail Steamship Company, and was entirely lost, with her cargo. The owners of the bark libeled the steamer to recover damages to the bark and her freight.
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Appeal from the District Court of the- United States for the Southern District of New York. On. the morning of November 8, 1895, the bark Hales, owned by John B. Stahl and others, collided with the steamer Niagara, owned by the New York & Cuba Mail Steamship Company, and was entirely lost, with her cargo. The owners of the bark libeled the steamer to recover damages to the bark and her freight. The captain and crew joined in this libel to recover the value of their personal effects, which were also entirely lost. Lawrence Johnson and others, the owners of the cargo on board the bark, filed…
1Opinion of the CourtShips Ian, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts). The district judge found the following facts, in the accuracy of which we concur: At about 7:80 a. m. of November 8,1895, the steamship Niagara, bound from New York to Havana, came in collision, during a dense fog, off the coast of Virginia, with the bark Hales, bound north from Havana. The wind was from the northwest, light and baffling, and the bark, under nearly all sail, was making very little headway on a course northeast by north, bound from Havana to Philadelphia. The steamer was on a course of south by west one-half west, making from 9 to 10 knots. The bark…
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