Murphy v. The Greenpoint

I. The Grand Republic, in leaving the slip at pier 24, East river, heading straight it,cross the river, and bound eastward, was required by the rules ol navigation to keep out of the way of other vessels coming up from below, because they were on her starboard hand. In the strong ebb she could not avoid sagging down some, and the evidence shows she did so. The Greenpoint was not over 200 feet below her, and was probably less, when the Grand Republic started. The Greenpoint was then in mid-river, where the law required her to be, and was -nearly abreast of pier 24.

2. The event shows that the…