The Schooner Catharine v. Dickinson
Supreme Court of the United States
This was an appeal in admiralty, from á decree of the circuit court of the United States for the southern district of New York. It was a case of collision which took place on the 21st of April, 1853, near Squam Beach, between the schooner- San Louis, on a voyage from Jersey City to Philadelphiá, and the schooner Catharine, bound to New York. The facts in the ease are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Nelson
delivered the opinion-of the court. •
This is an appeal in admiralty from a decree of the circuit court of the United States for the southern district of New York.
The libel charges, that on the night of the 21st April, 1852, the schooner San Louis, laden with a cargo of stone, was sailing down the coast below the bay of New York, bound for Philadelphia, and while off Squam Beach, on the Jersey shore, the schooner Catharine, coming up the coast, bound for the port of New York, then and there with great force and violence rah into and upon her, breaking through her side; so that she soon filled…
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