Legal Opinion
The Acme
District Court, W.D. New York
Decided February 26, 1903No. 145Published
In Admiralty. Suit to recover for sinking of tow.
1Opinion of the Court
HAZEL, District Judge.
The libel has been filed in this cause to recover damages sustained by the canal boat George Chambers while in tow of the steam canal boat Acme.
It appears from the evidence that on the 29th day of October, 1902, while the Acme with tow was proceeding down the Hudson river just below Coxsackie Island Light, at about 6:30 o’clock p. m., a mishap occurred which resulted in the sinking of the Chambers. The tow consisted of four canal boats, heavily laden with grain, and arranged in an apparently safe and proper manner. The Chambers was forward, with the canal boat Hudson…
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- The Grace GirdlerSupreme Court of the United States · 1869
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- The TaurusDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1898