The Passaic
District Court, N.D. New York
This was a libel by the owners of the schooner Ben Hur against the steam barge Passaic and her tows, the barges Elma, Hattie, ■Jenness, and Superior, to recover damages for a collision which resulted in the sinking of the Ben Hur.
1Opinion of the Court
COXE, District Judge.
The testimony in this cause is exceedingly voluminous, the arguments alone occupying two days.. It is manifest that any attempt to discuss all the propositions debated will extend this decision beyond reasonable limits. I shall, therefore, confine myself to a statement of the conclusions reached and to as brief a recital as may be of the reasons therefor.
The collision occurred on the St. Clair river, a short distance below Lake Huron, at about half past 6 in the afternoon of Saturday, November 8, 1890. The schooner Ben Hur had for some time prior to that date been engaged…
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