The Haven
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. Libel in admiralty by the Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company against the steamer Haven, her engines, etc., claimed by Harriet M. Spraker and another. From a decree for the libelant, the claimants appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
MAYER, Circuit Judge.
The Haven, a Sound steamer, 190 feet by 40 feet, was bound from New Haven to her pier in the North River. Her master was apparently thoroughly experienced, having been licensed for 15 years'and on the Haven for 10 years.
We are satisfied with his account of his difficulties. He testified that he1 struck “a very thick fog” when he got down a little below the Navy Yard in the East River. There was nothing to warn him of the fog at Corlears Hook, or, for that matter, .prior to the time that the fog was encountered. The situation was one which called for the exercise of…
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