The Columbia
Supreme Court of the United States
■ Appeal from the Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York. The owners of the propeller Jersey Blue libelled the steamship Columbia, one of the Charleston line of steamers, in the District Court for the Southern District of that State, on account of a collision which occurred in the harbor of New York, on the afternoon of the 7th of January, A.D. 1860. The case, as assumed by the court on the testimony, was th us : The propeller started on a voyage from the coal…
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■ Appeal from the Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York. The owners of the propeller Jersey Blue libelled the steamship Columbia, one of the Charleston line of steamers, in the District Court for the Southern District of that State, on account of a collision which occurred in the harbor of New York, on the afternoon of the 7th of January, A.D. 1860. The case, as assumed by the court on the testimony, was th us : The propeller started on a voyage from the coal docks in Jersey City across the Hudson to the East River. The tide was strong ebb, and there was very little wind. From…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Strong
Prom those facts which appear in the answer to the libel, and from the testimony of the pilot of the Columbia, and about which there is very little controversy, it is not difficult to determine where the fault of the collision in this case lies. The propeller was all the time, from the moment she was fhrst seen, off the starboard side of the Columbia.' It was therefore the duty of the latter to keep out of the way. The regulations then existing required .that when two steam vessels were'crossing, so as to involve risk of collision, the one which had the other on her own starboard should keep…
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