The Syracuse
Supreme Court of the United States
This was an appeal in admiralty from the decree of the Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York, which, on a libel filed by the owners of the steamer Rip Van Winkle, against the steam tow-boat Syracuse, for a collision, had held the complaining boat itself in fault, and the tug-boat not liable.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Swayne
stated the facts and delivered the opinion of the court. Both will be better understood by reference to a diagram by the reporter on the next page.
The steamer Rip Van Winkle, a freight and passenger boat, left New York for Troy, heavily laden, on the evening of the 15th of May, 1866. About 2 o’clock the next morning she reached a point in the river opposite to Braudow’s Hollow. There, three boats above were plainly in view to her, and she was as plainly in view to them. They were all tow-boats with barges attached, and were the Johnson, the. Arnold, and the Syracuse. The Arnold was on the…
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