The Robert Fulton
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. Suit in admiralty by Blanche E. Morse against the steamer 'Robert Fulton; the Hudson River Day Line, claimant. Decree for claimant, and libelant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
WARD, Circuit Judge.
June 30, 1909, a tow composed of the steam canal boat James W. Morse and five other canal boats laden with pig iron, made up in the manner called “ship-lapped” (the steam canal boat pushing the flotilla ahead of her), was proceeding down the Hudson River on the east side between Schodack creek and Stuyvesaut. She was followed by the tug McCullough with three boats tandem in the following order: Anna B„ Alberta, and Columbia. The steamer Robert Fulton, of the Hudson River Day Line, going up on the west side bound for Albany, passed the Morse’s tow at Stuyvesant Shoal,…
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