Legal Opinion
The Kentuckian
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided April 21, 1930PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
WOOLSEY, District Judge.
I find the Arbuckle solely to blame for the collision hereinafter described.
The libel will therefore be dismissed with costs to the Meseek, and the libelant may have an interlocutory decree against the Arbuekle.
The collision which is the subject-matter of this suit occurred in the Hudson River at about 6:30 a. m. on March 8,1927, about six hundred or seven hundred feet off Pier 1.
It was daylight at the time. The weather was clear. There was not any wind worthy of note and the tide was just at the turn of the ebb.
The Meseek, with the cattleboat Kentuckian on her…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- The Socony No. 5Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1922
3Cited by1 opinion
- Societe Des Chargeurs De L'Ouest Societe Anonyme v. United StatesDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1930