The Albemarle
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York
[Appeal from the district court of the United States for the southern district of New York.] [In admiralty. Libel for collision. Decree finding both vessels in fault.]
1Opinion of the Court
WOODRUFF, Circuit Judge.
At about 9y2 o’clock in the night of the 20th of August, 1867, off the coast of New Jersey, a few miles below Barnegat light, the steamship James- T. Brady, belonging to the libellant, and the steamship Albemarle came into collision. The latter was bound from New York to Norfolk, and the former from Delaware bay to New York. The libellant’s witnesses describe the Albemarle as approaching in a course heading almost directly towards the Brady, but being, when sighted, slightly off the port bow. Those on the Albemarle describe the Brady as seen off the starboard bow, and…
2Cited by1 opinion
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