The C. Gallagher
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. Uibel for collision by Rogers & Hubbard, Incorporated, against the steam tug Spartan, claimed by the Hartford & New York Transportation Company, with petition to limit liability by the Goodwin-Gallagher Sand & Gravel Corporation, owner of the tug C. Gallagher, as well as a libel against the Spartan. Uibel by E. E. U- Hammer, Public.
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Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. Uibel for collision by Rogers & Hubbard, Incorporated, against the steam tug Spartan, claimed by the Hartford & New York Transportation Company, with petition to limit liability by the Goodwin-Gallagher Sand & Gravel Corporation, owner of the tug C. Gallagher, as well as a libel against the Spartan. Uibel by E. E. U- Hammer, Public. Administrator of Bronx County, as administrator of F. F. Borch, deceased, against the Spartan. From the decree, the claimant of the Gallagher appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
WARD, Circuit Judge.
August 18, 1915, about 2:30 p. m., the tug Spartan, bound west, with four schooner barges abreast in the first tier and one tailed on in the second tier, behind the starboard *98barge in the first tier, had just rounded North Brothers Island in Long Island Sound. She was rapidly overtaking the tug Robert Robinson, with a hawser tow of five boats, three in the first and two in the second tier. At the same time the tug C. Gallagher, close to Riker’s Island, was approaching North Brothers Island on her way west with the Goodwin-Gallagher sand-laden scows No. 74, No. 36, No. 44,…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- The Transfer No. 21Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1917
- The Three Bros.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1909
- The Abram F. SkidmoreDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1908
- The Three Bros.District Court, S.D. New York · 1908
- The Transfer No. 10District Court, S.D. New York · 1905
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