Legal Opinion

Kennebec

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Decided April 3, 1901No. 104PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Appeal from tbe District Court of tbe United States for tbe Eastern District of New York. This cause comes liere upon appeal from a decree of the district court, Eastern district of New York, dismissing a libel for damages sustained by libelant’s barge No. 11 in consequence of a collision with the steamer Kennebec.

1Opinion of the Court

LACOMBE, Circuit Judge.

The opinion of the district judge (103 Fed. 681) is most exhaustive. It not only sets forth the fads found by him, but contains a careful, epitome of the evidence bearing on such questions of fact as are in controversy. We shall not undertake to restate the casé in like detail. His opinion may be consulted for facts not here recited.

The Kennebec, a large passenger and freight steamboat, was bound-from Providence into New Haven. Her dock lay far up the harbor, at the mouth of Quinuipiae river. Next below her dock lie two others, known, respectively, as the “Water Dock”…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. The Granite StateSupreme Court of the United States · 1866
  2. Mayor of New York v. The ExpressDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1891
  3. Denty v. The Martin DallmanCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1895
  4. L'Hommedieu v. The MischiefDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1889
  5. The KennebecDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1900

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Pennsylvania R. Co. v. Erie R. Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1930
  2. Wright & Cobb Lighterage Co. v. New England Navigation Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1913
  3. Derby v. City of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1932
  4. The MillvilleDistrict Court, D. New Jersey · 1905
  5. The PatriciaDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1924

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