Harris v. The Nutmeg State
District Court, S.D. New York
Libel against the steamer Nutmeg State for damages to certain barges in the tow of the steamtug Monitor. The damages were caused by a collision between the Monitor and the Nutmeg State. The Monitor was made a defendant upon the petition of the Nutmeg State.
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, District Judge.
On the 2(5th of December, 1893, at about half past: 2 in the afternoon, as the sieamtug Monitor, with barges belonging to libelants in tow on each side of her, was coming down about the middle of the East river, in the ebb tide, she saw, when about off pier 49, the steamer Nutmeg State coming out of her slip at pier 35, on the New York side. When the latter had cleared her slip, the Monitor gave her a signal of two whistles, to which the Nutmeg State answered with two, signifying that *848sbe would go astern of the Monitor. The pilot of the Monitor starboarded his wheel, but…
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