The Propeller Genesee Chief v. Fitzhugh
Supreme Court of the United States
This was an appeal from the .Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of New York. It was a libel filed by Fitzhugh, .Littlejohn, and Peck.
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This was an appeal from the .Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of New York. It was a libel filed by Fitzhugh, .Littlejohn, and Peck. The'libellants filed their libel in the District Court for the Northern District of New York, against the propeller Genesee Chief, and Pierce, as mastei^in which they allege that they were the owners of the schooner Cuba,;a vessel of fifty tons burden and upwards, enrolled and licensed for the coasting trade, and employed in the business of commerce and navigation, between ports and places in different State's and territories upon- the…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Taney
This is a case of collision on Lake Ontario. The libellants were the owners of the schooner Cuba, and the respondents and present appellants the master and owners Of the propeller Gene-see Chief. The libellants state that on the 6th of May, 1847, as the Cuba was on her voyage from Sandusky, in the State of • Ohio, to Oswego, in the State of New York, the Genesee Chief, which was proceeding on a voyage up the lake, ran foul of her and damaged her so seriously that she shortly afterwards sunk, with her cargo on board,; and they also allege that the collision Was occasioned by the carelessness…
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