Legal Opinion

The Transfer No. 14

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Decided December 8, 1903No. 42PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Appeals from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. This cause comes here upon appeal from a final decree of the District Court, Southern District of New York, condemning each of the tugs Teaser and Transfer No. 14 to pay one-half of libelant’s damages resulting from a collision between its barge David Wallace in tow of the Teaser and a car float in tow of the Transfer No. 14 on March 25, 1901.

1Per curiam

As found by the district judge:

“The barge was in tow, on a hawser of about 45 or 50 fathoms in length, of the steam tug Teaser, and bound from Newport, R. I., to Hoboken, Ñ. J., through the channel between Blackwell’s Island and New York. The Transfer No. 14, with a float on each side, was proceeding through the channel from Jersey City to Harlem. The collision happened about 5 o’clock in the morning. It was before dawn, while the vessel’s lights were burning, and the navigation governed thereby. The tide was ebb, and the weather clear. * * * There is no material conflict in the testimony as…

2Cases cited1 opinion

The ChicagoCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1903

3Cited by6 opinions

Rebstock v. Gilchrist Transp. Co.District Court, W.D. New York · 1904
The SitkaDistrict Court, W.D. New York · 1904
The H. B. RawsonCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1908
The Transfer No. 10District Court, S.D. New York · 1905
The CommonwealthDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1910

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