The Manhattan
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeal from tlie District Court of tlie United States for tlie Southern District of New York. Suit in admiralty by the Hillside Coal & Iron Company, as owner of the barge Albany, against the steamship Manhattan, the Maine Steamship Company, claimant, and the steam tug North America, the .Erie Railroad Company, claimant; and cross-libel by the Maine Steamship Company ag-ainst the barge Albany and the tug North America.
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Appeal from tlie District Court of tlie United States for tlie Southern District of New York. Suit in admiralty by the Hillside Coal & Iron Company, as owner of the barge Albany, against the steamship Manhattan, the Maine Steamship Company, claimant, and the steam tug North America, the .Erie Railroad Company, claimant; and cross-libel by the Maine Steamship Company ag-ainst the barge Albany and the tug North America. Decree (181 Fed. 229) against each vessel, and also against the barges Hawthorn and Troy, also owned by the Hillside Coal & Iron Company, for part damages, and such company…
1Opinion of the Court
WARD, Circuit Judge.
April 13, 1909, at about 11:15 p. m., in Long Island Sound, about off New Haven, the steamer Manhattan was proceeding from New York to Portland on a course E. % N. Approaching her from the eastward was the tug North America on a course W. by S. % S., bound from Boston to New York with three light barges in tow tandem, viz., the Hawthorn, Albany, and Troy. The night was dark, but clear. The Manhattan passed the North America and the Hawthorn safely green to green, but came into collision with the barge Albany; and, the barge Troy running up on the Albany, both sustained…
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