Legal Opinion

The Harry

District Court, E.D. New York

Decided January 15, 1883Published

Ju Admiralty.

1Opinion of the CourtBenedict, J.

This action is to recover for injuries to the canal-boat T. S. Gray, while lying at the end of pier 46 in the North river, occasioned by a collision between the canal-boat and the propeller Harry. At the time of the collision the propeller Harry, having a barge laden with grain in tow along-side, was endeavoring to get into the slip between pier 46 and pier 45. The libelant’s boat lay moored at the end of the pier, her bow down stream and projecting beyond the side of the pier. The tide was flood. The method adopted by the propeller was to come head to the tide off the end of pier 46, and…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. The Charles R. StoneDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1877

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