Home Ins. Co. v. Mayor of New York
District Court, S.D. New York
In Admiralty. Libel of Hie Home Insurance Company against tiie Mayor, Aldermen, and Commonalty of tbe City of Hew York, and also against (lie Pennsvlvania Railroad Company, to recover for a, collision. Decree for libelant.
1Opinion of the Court
BBOWRT, District Judge.
About 5 o’clock in tbe afternoon of May 20, 1890, as dumping scow bio. 6 was going up tbe North river in tow on tbe starboard side of tbe city’s steam tug Dasori, bound for tbe foot of Canal street, tbe scow came in collision with tbe railroad company’s ferryboat Baltimore, wbicb bad just come out of ber slip at Desbrosses street, and tbe port quarter of tbe ferryboat carried away part of tbe bow of tbe scow. Tbe above libel was filed to recover tbe damages.
There is considerable contradiction in tbe details of tbe evidence. But there is one fault wbicb stands out…
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