The Sampson
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York
[Appeal from the district court of the United States for the Southern district of New York.] This was a libel in rem, filed in the district court, by the owners of the brig Iola against the steamboat Sampson, to recover damages for a collision which occurred a short distance outside of Sandy Hook, on the south shore of Long Island.
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[Appeal from the district court of the United States for the Southern district of New York.] This was a libel in rem, filed in the district court, by the owners of the brig Iola against the steamboat Sampson, to recover damages for a collision which occurred a short distance outside of Sandy Hook, on the south shore of Long Island. The district court decreed for the libellants. [Case No. 7,057.] The commissioner reported in their favor 82,150, which was reduced, on exceptions to his report, to $1,121.20. They claimed $4.-585.73. Both parties appealed from the decree.
1Opinion of the Court
NELSON, Circuit Justice.
The bow of the steamer came in contact with the brig upon her starboard side, cutting her down to the water’s edge. The Sampson was lying at a usual place for steamers waiting for employment to tow up vessels coming from sea into the harbor of New York. The break in the side of the brig was stopped with eon-vas, so as to enable the steamer to tow her to the Atlantic docks to be repaired. The libellants claim that the Sampson was seen by them some three or four miles ahead, after the Iola had taken her course eastward, her destination being to St. Johns, in the Province…
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