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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 the City of New York against the steam dredge No. 1; S. Pierson & Son, Incorporated, claimant. Decree for libelant, and claimant appeals. The following is the opinion of Adams, District Judge, in the court below: ADAMS, District Judge.
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Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. Suit in admiralty by the City of New York against the steam dredge No. 1; S. Pierson & Son, Incorporated, claimant. Decree for libelant, and claimant appeals. The following is the opinion of Adams, District Judge, in the court below: ADAMS, District Judge. This action is brought by the city of New York against the steam dredge No. 1 to recover for damages she suffered by reason of a collision with a cable running from the dredge to a dock at the foot of Flushing street, Brooklyn. The damage was not very…
1Opinion of the Court
WARD, Circuit Judge.
October 26, 1907, steam dredge No. 1 and her scow were lying in the East River about 140 feet off the pier at the foot of Flushing street, Long Island City, by permission of the War Department, engaged in removing a blanket of clay which had-been deposited on the bottom of the river over the tunnel being excavated between New York and Long Island City to prevent the escape of compressed air. The dredge was moored by anchors on her offshore side, and by two one-inch wire cables extending from her upper works at the bow and extended through the air to the pier. Nothing was…
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