Legal Opinion
Cornwall v. The New York
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided February 7, 1889PublishedCited by 4 opinions
In Admiralty.
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.
The libelant’s boat, having received injuries while loading with ice near Albany by thumping upon the bottom in consequence of the Swells caused by the steamer New York in passing her, is entitled to recover all the direct and proximate damages arising from the fault of the latter, and no more. Scheffer v. Railroad Co., 105 U. S. 249. T.his doubtless includes the damages arising in the course of reasonable and proper efforts to extricate the injured vessel from the position in which *711the fault of the other had left her. The Nellie, 2 Low. 494. The libel-ant’s boat, immediately after the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Scheffer v. Railroad Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1882
- The NellieDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1876
3Cited by4 opinions
- The Hendrick HudsonDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1908
- Scott v. Cornell Steamboat Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1894
- The New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1908
- Latham v. Columbus Railway & Light Co., Court of Common Pleas of Ohio, Franklin County, Civil Division1909