Moore v. The Mary Powell

Upon the facts of this caso I cannot find that the barge Sinnott., while lying along the south side of the Twenty-fourth street pier, North river, projected beyond the end of that pier any further than the outer line of the other vessel that was moored against the end of the pier. The barge had been in that position a considerable time. She was not in motion, and she was struck by the Mary Powell just after the latter had left her usual landing at the foot of Twenty-second street, bound up river.

Whatever my own views might be as regards the duty of vessels, in the interests of safe navigation…