The Transfer No. 21
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. Proceeding in admiralty for limitation of liability by tire New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company, owner of Transfer No. 21. Otto Schmuck and others, owners of the motorboat Pilot, appeal from a decree finding Transfer No. 21 without fault for a collision.
1Opinion of the Court
WARD, Circuit Judge.
November 25, 1912, at about 5:40 a. m., the motorboat Pilot, 33 feet long, 9 feet beam, bound east from New York to Dong Island Sound on a fishing trip, came into collision with float No. 53 on the port side of Transfer No. 21, which with another float, No. 57, on her starboard side, was proceeding west from Oak Point to Greenville, N. J. The place of collision was near the Astoria shore, just below Hallett’s Point. The tide was running strong flood, the wind blowing a gale from the west, and the morning very dark. The motorboat went under the bow, passed out under the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- The W. G. MasonCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1905
- The BordentownDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1889
- Woodberry v. The Josephine B.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1893
- Scully v. New Jersey Lighterage Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1893
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- Wood Towing Corp. v. Southern Transp. Co.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1930
- The HokendauquaDistrict Court, D. New York · 1919
- American-Hawaiian S. S. Co. v. Western Transp. Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1943
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