Huntley v. Empire Engineering Corp.
District Court, W.D. New York
In Admiralty. Suit by Loren E. Huntley, individually and as trustee and bailee, etc., against the Empire Engineering Corporation. Decree for libelant.
1Opinion of the Court
HAZEL, District Judge.
On tlie night of October 28, 1909, four canal boats, the Captain L. E. Huntley, the John Valiant, the Ella May Hamilton, and the Osborne D. Fisk, together with the steam canal boat Paragon, all loaded with grain, were on their way eastward in tlie Erie Canal from Buffalo, and, while moving slowly in the middle of the canal about one mile west of Spencerport, the Huntley, which was being pushed ahead by the Paragon, struck a submerged rock or boulder, and sunk to the bottom of the canal. The Paragon struck the rock a glancing blow, and sheered off, while the Valiant,…
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