The Albatross
District Court, S.D. New York
In Admiralty. Suit by the P. Dougherty Company, as owner of the barge Norfolk, against the Palace Shipping Company, Limited, as owner of the steamer Franldyn; the steamtug Albatross, impleaded.
1Opinion of the Court
HAZEL, District Judge.
This action in personam was brought by the P. Dougherty Company as owner of the barge Norfolk to recover damages amounting to $6,000, alleged to have been sustained through a collision in the Lower Bay of New York with the British steamer Franldyn. An answer was interposed by the claimant, Palace Shipping Company, Ltd., owner of the Franklyn, denying liability, and a petition was filed to bring in the steamtug Albatross. The material facts are as follows:
The Franldyn is 400 feet long. 52 feet beam, drawing 26 feet of water, and at the time of the collision was heavily…
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