Legal Opinion
Pocahontas S. S. Co. v. The Detroiter
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided August 24, 1945PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BONDY, District Judge.
The libels, which were consolidated for trial, involve a collision between the American steam collier Isaac T. Mann, owned by Pocahontas Steamship Company, and the motor vessel Detroiter, owned by the National Motorship Corporation. The collision occurred April 23, 1942 in the Bay *340Ridge General Anchorage which was crowded at the time.
The master of the Mann, which was anchored in the anchorage over night, testified that the heaving of the anchor was started at about 5.45 a.m.; that it was aweigh at 5:56; that at 6, after heading the Mann northerly by the use of her left…
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- The Socony No. 19Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1928
- The ArfeldDistrict Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1930
- The Merrill C. HartCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1911
- Northern Transportation Co. v. DavisCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1922
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