Legal Opinion
The K. Whittelsey
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided April 10, 1933No. 297PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CHASE, Circuit Judge.
The tug Perseverance, with the tug George W. Pratt as helper, was south bound on October 23, 1931, with a tow in the Hudson river. A tow in charge of the tug K. Whittelsey, helped by the tug Hustler, was north bound. They met near New Baltimore about twenty miles south of Albany.
At the time and place where they met, the government was dredging a 300-foot chan*341nel to a depth o£ 27 feet to permit vessels of draft requiring a channel that deep to go up to Albany. The Hudson is about 900 feet wide there from shore to shore; the portion of the new channel then under…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Atlee v. Packet Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1875
- Davidson Steamship Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1907
- The AnthraciteCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1909
- Lehigh Valley Transp. Co. v. Knickerbocker Steam Towage Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1914
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