The Hamilton
District Court, E.D. Virginia
In Admiralty. Suit for collision by the New York, Philadelphia-& Norfolk Railroad Company against the steamship Hamilton, the Old Dominion Steamship Company, claimant, with cross-libel.
1Opinion of the Court
WADDILD, District Judge.
This is a case of a libel and cross-libel to recover damages growing out of a collision between a car float of the libelant company, and the steamer Hamilton, which occurred about 8 o’clock on the night of the 30th of' January, 1909, in the waters of the Elizabeth river, a.short distance below Boush Bluff Lightship. The car float was one of the libelant’s fleet of barges used for freight transportation between Norfolk and Cape Charles, Va; and at the time of the collision was in tow of its tug Delmar, en route from Cape Charles to Norfolk, loaded with some 20 railroad…
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