The Senator Rice
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeals from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of New York. On appeal by the Lehigh Valley Transportation Company, claimant of the steamer Luzerne, and libelant in the second of the above-entitled suits, from a final decree of the District Court for the Eastern District of New York in a cause arising out of a collision between the barge Southern Cross in tow of the steamtug Senator Rice and a carfloat in tow of the tug Luzerne; which decree…
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Appeals from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of New York. On appeal by the Lehigh Valley Transportation Company, claimant of the steamer Luzerne, and libelant in the second of the above-entitled suits, from a final decree of the District Court for the Eastern District of New York in a cause arising out of a collision between the barge Southern Cross in tow of the steamtug Senator Rice and a carfloat in tow of the tug Luzerne; which decree (215 Fed. 149) held the tug Luzerne wholly in fault and dismissed the libel against the Senator Rice, without costs.
1Opinion of the Court
COXE, Circuit Judge.
These appeals involve the question of negligence growing out of a collision between a carfloat lashed to the starboard side of the steamtug Luzerne, belonging to the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company, and a scow boat, the Southern Cross, the leading boat on a hawser tow of the Senator Rice, a large tug bound from the East River around the Battery and up the Hudson River. The Luzerne was destined for the Lehigh Valley Railroad terminal in Jersey City in the Morris Canal Basin opposite Pier No. 2 from which she started, directly above the Battery. The tide was ebb and, on…
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