Providence & Stonington S. S. Co. v. The Alhambra

Cross-libels were filed by the respective owners of the steamers Rhode Island and Alhambra, to recover damages sustained by reason of a collision between the two steamers which occurred on Long Island sound, opposite New Haven, July 18, 1882, about 2 o’clock a. m. The causes were ivied together in the district court. The district court decreed in favor of the owners of the Alhambra, and the owners of fho Rhode Island have appealed.

The Alhambra left New York about 6 o’clock in the evening of July-18, 1882, bound for Halifax. She was engaged in the transportation of *74passengers and cargo between…