The Delaware
Supreme Court of the United States
CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT. This was a suit in admiralty instituted by Charles H. Win-nett, the owner and mastér, and the crew of .the tug Talisman against the steamship Delaware, to recover damages for a collision between these vessels, which occurred on September 16, 1893, about ten o’clock in the morning, in Gedney Channel, off Sandy Hook, at the outer entrance of New York harbor, and within three miles from land.
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CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT. This was a suit in admiralty instituted by Charles H. Win-nett, the owner and mastér, and the crew of .the tug Talisman against the steamship Delaware, to recover damages for a collision between these vessels, which occurred on September 16, 1893, about ten o’clock in the morning, in Gedney Channel, off Sandy Hook, at the outer entrance of New York harbor, and within three miles from land. In the District Court the Delaware was held solely in fault, .61 Fed. Rep. 525, and a decree was entered against her for $21,318.70. Her…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brown
There are two quéstions involved in this case: first, whether the tug Talisman was guilty of a fault contributing to the collision ; andj second, whether the Delaware is exonerated from liability under the act of February 13, 1893, known as the Harter Act, by the fact that her owners had used due diligence to make her seaworthy, and provide her with competent officers and crew.
1. Gedney Channel, in which the collision took place, is a dredged passage about 1100 feet in width, running from the open ocean in a direction about W. NW. £ W., and constituting the main entrance to New York harbor.…
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