Legal Opinion
The Narragansett
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided June 15, 1871PublishedCited by 3 opinions
In admiralty.
1Opinion of the Court
BENEDICT, District Judge.
This action is brought by the owners of the steamboat Providence, to recover for injuries sustained by that vessel in a collision with the steamboat Narragansett, which occurred in Hell Gate on the afternoon of the 24th day of April, 1869.
The controlling facts of the case are not involved in any doubt, and as little doubt exists as to the law to be applied.
The two steamboats left their respective piers in the North river, at nearly the .same time, both bound for the Sound. The weather was fair and the tide flood. The Providence moved out in the North river ahead of…
2Cited by3 opinions
- The North StarDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1904
- Erwin v. . Neversink Steamboat CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1882
- Milliken v. The C. H. NorthamDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1889