The Bouker No. 2
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of New York. Tib el by Thomas Flannery against the steam tug Bouker No. 2, her engines, etc., claimed by the Bouker Contracting Company. From a decree for libelant, claimant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
WARD, Circuit Judge.
July 28, 1915, a little after 3 p. m., the tide running flood and the-weather clear, the tug Bouker No. 2, backing out of the slip between Piers 22 and 23 on the Brooklyn side of the East River came into collision with the tug Thomas A. Quigley, bound dcnvn the river to the slip between Piers 23 and 24; the fantail of the Bouker striking the port side of the Quigley. The District Judge for the Eastern District of New York found the Bouker solely at fault, and this is an appeal from his decision.
[1] He fell into one plain error in supposing that the starboard hand rule…
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