The Suffolk
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeals from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. Suit in admiralty for collision by the Mallory Steamship Company, owner of the steamship Brazos, against the steamship Suffolk, the Coastwise Transportation Company, claimant, with cross-libel. Decree holding both vessels in fault, and the claimant of the Suffolk appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
WARD, Circuit Judge.
[1] January 22, 1916, about 3:30 p. _m., in a dense fog, the twin-screw passenger steamer Brazos, proceeding at about 8 knots an hour, with her engines at slow, on a voyage from New York to San Juan, Porto Rico, heard the fog whistle of a steamer which proved to be the single-screw steamer Suffolk, about four points on the starboard bow.
At the same time the steamer Suffolk, bound from Newport News with a cargo of coal to Boston, proceeding with her engines at half speed, heard the whistle of the Brazos about 2 points on her port bow, whereupon she put her engines at dead…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- The PennsylvaniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1874
- Lie v. San Francisco & Portland Steamship Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1917
- The PersianCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1915
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- Grace Line, Inc. v. United States Lines Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1961
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