Nelson v. The Majestic
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
In Admiralty. Appeal from tbe circuit court of the United States for the southern district of New York. Libel against the steam-ship Majestic and the steam-tug Nannie Lamberton for damage to tbe canal-boat Emma while in tow of the tug. Decree against the claimants of both vessels. Both appeal. Decree affirmed as to the Majestic, but reversed as to the Nannie Lamberton.
1Opinion of the Court
Lacombe, Circuit Judge.
By the decree of the district court for the southern district of New York, damages were awarded in favor of tbe libelants against both claimants, for injuries' sustained by'the canal-boat *731Emma, on Juno 1, 1890. In the afternoon of that day tho Emma was-navigating tho waters of the upper bay of New York, bound from the Erie Basin, Brooklyn, to Hoboken, N. J. She ivas lashed to tho starboard side of the tug Nannie Lamberton; another boat, the Mildred, being lashed to the tug's port side. The Emma was loaded with a full-cargo of grain. She was a good, stanch river boat,…
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