The Corsair

MANTON, Circuit Judge.

The master of the Corsair filed this libel against the P. R. R. No. 27, and its claimant in turn interpleaded the steam lighter Eugene Grasselli. Damages were caused to the yacht Corsair by the collision which she had with the barge No. 5, in tow of the Grasselli, off Pier 27, East River, on April 30, 1926. At 4 p. m. that day, the Corsair left her anchorage at Twenty-Third street, New York City, bound for the Chesapeake. After rounding Corlear’s Hook, she proceeded downstream a little to the right of the center of the river, and when above the Manhattan Bridge sighted…