The Crown of Galicia
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeals from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of New York. Suit for collision by Harry Cossey against the steamship Crown of Galicia, the Crown Steamship Company, Limited, claimant, and the tugs M. Moran and Helen B. Moran, the Moran Towing & Transportation Company, claimant, with cross-libel by the Crown Steamship Company against the tugs, Dry Dock Section No. 6, Harry Cossey, claimant, and others.
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Appeals from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of New York. Suit for collision by Harry Cossey against the steamship Crown of Galicia, the Crown Steamship Company, Limited, claimant, and the tugs M. Moran and Helen B. Moran, the Moran Towing & Transportation Company, claimant, with cross-libel by the Crown Steamship Company against the tugs, Dry Dock Section No. 6, Harry Cossey, claimant, and others. Decrees for libelant and cross-libelant against the two tugs (232 Fed. 299), and their claimant appeals. On appeal by the Moran Towing and Transportation Company…
1Opinion of the Court
COXE, Circuit Judge.
The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the District Judge and need not be repeated here in detail. There also appears in the opinion a simple diagram which makes the place of collision and the general situation perfectly plain.
The collision occurred in the Erie Basin on Sunday about 10:30 a. m., resulting in serious damage to a section of a dry dock which was being towed in by two tugs — the M. Moran and the Helen B. Moran. The Crown of Galicia, a steamer about 400 feet long and 52 feet beam, *306was moved to Pier 4 on the southerly side of the slip, her stern protruding…
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