Legal Opinion
The Transfer No. 8
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided April 9, 1928No. Nos. 171, 172PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AUGUSTUS N. HAND, Circuit Judge.
The Transfer No. 8, with a loaded ear float on either side, proceeded down the East River, east of Blackwell’s Island, against the flood tide, about 4 o’clock in the morning of March 17, 1924. When she reached the lower end of the Island, she angled gradually toward the New York shore in order to get to mid-river. While so proceeding, she saw the white lights of what she thought was a tug without, a tow down the river, nearer to the Brooklyn shore. Shortly afterwards she saw the tug in question, which was the Owen J. McWilliams of the James McWilliams Blue…
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- Long Island R. v. KillienCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1895
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- The MabelCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1929
- The IndustryCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1928
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