Legal Opinion

The "Connecticut."

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided March 30, 1881No. 234PublishedCited by 29 opinions

Appeals from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern’ District of New York.

1Opinion of the Court

Mr. Chibe Justice Waite

delivered the opinion of the court.

The question in these appeals is, whether, on the facts found, the decree below was right. The facts in brief are as follows: ‘‘About five o’clock in the morning of Wednesday, Aug. 18, 1875, the steamer “Connecticut,” assisted by the tug “ S. A. Stevens,” having in tow by a hawser twenty-five boats, arranged m five tiers of five boats each, passed around the battery from the Hudson River to the East River in New York harbor, on her way to the piers at or near Coenties slip in East River. The entire length of the “ Connecticut ” and her…

2Cited by29 opinions

  1. The Max MorrisSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
  2. McCullough v. New York & N. Steamboat Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1893
  3. The BordentownDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1889
  4. The Lizzie M. WalkerCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1925
  5. The AnthraciteCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1909

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