Johnson v. The Brooklyn

BROWN, District Judge.

On tbe 29th of April, 1892, at about 1 p. m., as the ferryboat Brooklyn, of the South Perry, was approaching her New York slip, she came in collision with the tug R. S. G-arrett, which had a schooner in tow on a hawser, and was rounding the Battery to go into the East river. The collision was at about right angles, the stem of the tug striking the ferryboat on her port side just forward of her paddle wheel. The libel was filed to recover the damages.

■ There is considerable difference in the testimony as to the position of the two boats at the time when they were first…