The Transfer No. 10
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. This cause comes here upon appeal from a decree of the District Court, Southern District of New York, holding the steam tug McCaldin solely in fault for collision between her tow the schooner James Young, and a car float in tow of the steam tug Transfer No. 10. The transfer was bound from Jersey City to the docks of the New Haven Railroad at Oak Point opposite to North Brother Island.
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Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. This cause comes here upon appeal from a decree of the District Court, Southern District of New York, holding the steam tug McCaldin solely in fault for collision between her tow the schooner James Young, and a car float in tow of the steam tug Transfer No. 10. The transfer was bound from Jersey City to the docks of the New Haven Railroad at Oak Point opposite to North Brother Island. She had a car float lashed to each side and projecting 200 feet beyond the stem of the tug. She proceeded along the…
1Opinion of the Court
LACOMBE, Circuit Judge.
The district judge decided the cause at the conclusion of the trial with a brief oral statement of the grounds for his decision. This court is not sufficiently informed to prepare a detailed statement of facts in the case, because of the very unsatisfactory condition of the record. The most important testimony as to. location and movements of the vessels was given by witnesses who testified with a chart before them. In consequence, instead of stating *677that a vessel was at such or such a point, describing it, they state that she was at the point marked A or B or X, or…
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- The Transfer No. 8Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1899
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