The E. A. Packer, Scully
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK. This, was a suit in admiralty instituted by the New Jersey’ Lighterage Company, appellee, owner of the barge .Atlanta, against the steam tug Dr. John 'Wolverton, which had the Atlanta in tow, and also against the steam tug E. A. Packer, to recover damages for a collision between the Atlanta and a barge lashed alongside and in tow of the Packer, on her port side, known as Cross Creek…
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APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK. This, was a suit in admiralty instituted by the New Jersey’ Lighterage Company, appellee, owner of the barge .Atlanta, against the steam tug Dr. John 'Wolverton, which had the Atlanta in tow, and also against the steam tug E. A. Packer, to recover damages for a collision between the Atlanta and a barge lashed alongside and in tow of the Packer, on her port side, known as Cross Creek Barge, No. 5, which occurred in the afternoon of October 25, 1880, near the mouth of the East River in the harbor of New…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brown
This court has repeatedly held that under the act of February 16, 1875, 18 Stat. 315, “ to facilitate the disposition of cases in the Supreme Court of the United States, and for other purposes,” we are no longer at liberty to pass upon disputed questions of fact, but, are bound to accept the findings of the Circuit Court as conclusive, and are limited to a, determination of questions of law and to the validity of such rulings, excepted to at the time, as may be presented by a bill of exceptions prepared as in actions at law. The Abbotsford, 98 U. S. 440; The Benefactor, 102 U. S. 214; The…
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