McCREADY v. GOLDSMITH
Supreme Court of the United States
This was an appeal .from the circuit court of the United States for the southern district of New York. The case is stated in the opinion of the court. The’ district court decreed that the collision was caused by the fault, want of precaution, and blamable conduct of the persons on hoard of and managing each of the vessels, and ordered the damages to be borne in equal moieties by them. Both parties appealed to the circuit court.
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This was an appeal .from the circuit court of the United States for the southern district of New York. The case is stated in the opinion of the court. The’ district court decreed that the collision was caused by the fault, want of precaution, and blamable conduct of the persons on hoard of and managing each of the vessels, and ordered the damages to be borne in equal moieties by them. Both parties appealed to the circuit court. Mr. Justice Nelson reversed the decree of the district Court, and ordered that-the libellants should recover against The Bay State the sum of $6,411, with .interest…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr.-Justice NELSON
delivered the- opinion of the court..
This is an appeal in admiralty, in a case of collision, from a decree of the circuit court of the United States for the southern district of New York.
The collision occurred on Long Island Sound, off Watch Hill light, on the Connecticut shoré, between the- schooner Orianá and the steamer Bay State, on the 13th of August, 1847, when "the- former was run down and sunk., The. schooner was laden with coal, and on' her way to New Bedford. The steamer «ivas engaged in one of her usual -trips from Fall River, through the Sound to the city of New…
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