Legal Opinion
The Nathan Hale
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided December 12, 1898PublishedCited by 4 opinions
In Admiralty.
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, District Judge.
The above libel was filed to recover the damages to the libelant’s barge Felix, drawing 22 feet of water and loaded with 2,200 tons of coal, which was in tow of the steam tug Nathan Hale, and which at about 8:45 in the morning of August 22, 1897, was run upon some rocks in passing through Quick’s Hole, going southward from Buzzard’s Bay into Vineyard Sound. The passage is about one and one-half miles long by five-eighths or three-fourths of a mile wide. The libel charges that the barge was towed carelessly *683aud negligently in not keeping in the channel, or in sufficient…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- In re Shipowners' & Merchants' Tugboat Co.District Court, N.D. California · 1897
- Petrie v. The S. W. MorrisDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1893
- Trinidad Shipping & Trading Co. v. FrameDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1898
- Rose Brick Co. v. The MascotDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1891
- Rose Brick Co. The MascotCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1893
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Thompson v. WinslowDistrict Court, D. Maine · 1904
- The Nathan HaleCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1900
- Williams v. Alaska Commercial Co.District Court, D. Alaska · 1903
- Ideal Cement Co. v. The Tug TickfawDistrict Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1956