New York, L. E. & W. R. Co. v. The Eider
District Court, D. New Jersey
Tn Admiralty. Libel for damages from, a collision by the New York, Lake Erie & Western Railroad Company against the steamship Eider, the North German Lloyd Steam-Ship Company, claimant.
1Opinion of the CourtWales, J.
This suit has been brought to recover damages caused by a collision between the libelant’s ferry-boat, Pavonia, and the claimant’s steam-ship, Eider, which occurred in the North river, on tho 25th of January, 1888. Tho Pavonia had left her slip at the foot of Chambers street, New York, at 15 minutes past 9 o’clock a. m., for the Pavonia ferry, about one mile distant on the opposite shore, and bearing northwest. The Pavonia’s course was straight out to the middle of and thou up the river for some distance, until she gradually sheered towards her slip on the'opposite side. The weather was clear…
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