Legal Opinion

Turlington v. New York, P. & N. R.

District Court, E.D. Virginia

Decided February 25, 1921No. 2743Published

In Admiralty. Suit for collision by J. E. Turlington, master of the Steamship Berkley, against the New York, Philadelphia & Norfolk Railroad Company. Decree dividing damages.

1Opinion of the Court

WADDILL, District Judge.

The collision, the subject of this litigation, occurred in the channel of the Elizabeth river, Norfolk, Va.j about opposite the Virginian Railway Piers, and in the immediate vicinity of buoy No. 8, at 6:45 o’clock on the morning of November 25, 1919, between the steamship Berkley, one of the line steamers of the Old Dominion Steamship Company, plying between Richmond and Norfolk, and car float No. 9, in tow of the tug Parksley, one of the line barges operated by the New York, Philadelphia & Norfolk Railroad Company, between Norfolk and Cape Charles, Va., en route to…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. The GeorgetownDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1905
  2. The HamiltonDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1914
  3. The JamestownDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1902
  4. New York, P. & N. R. V. WilkinsCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1919

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