Legal Opinion
The Luke
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided August 12, 1926No. A-7516PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CAMPBELL, District Judge.
On or about the 14th day of June, 1924, the respondent’s steam tug Jumbo, bound from Clinton Point to New York, took the libel-ant’s loaded scow Luke in tow at Marlborough. There were a large number of boats in the tow, which was made up in tiers, and the Luke was the port boat in the second or third tier.
On the 15th day of June, 1924, when the Jumbo, with her tow, was off Scarborough, the tide ebb, with a light wind from the northeast, the Alexander Hamilton approached, going in the same direction. The Alexander Hamilton reduced her speed when, as she claims, she was…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- The Kaiser Wilhelm Der GrosseCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1906
- The Robert FultonCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1911
- The Kaiser Wilhelm Der GrosseDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1905
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