Moseley v. Sloman
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeals from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of New York. These causes come here upon appeals from decree's of the District Court, Eastern District of New York, holding the steamer Alba.no solely in fault for a collision with the schooner Helen G. Moseley, which occurred about t a. m. September 10, 1901, off Tucker Beach, N. J.; the steamer being hound from New York to Newport News, and the schooner from Fernandina to New York.
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Appeals from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of New York. These causes come here upon appeals from decree's of the District Court, Eastern District of New York, holding the steamer Alba.no solely in fault for a collision with the schooner Helen G. Moseley, which occurred about t a. m. September 10, 1901, off Tucker Beach, N. J.; the steamer being hound from New York to Newport News, and the schooner from Fernandina to New York. The night was dark, but good and clear for seeing lights. The wind was light from about the southwest. The day before, there had been…
1Opinion of the Court
EACOM BE, Circuit Judge.
The claim of the schooner is that she was on a course of N. id. by E. (having changed to that course from a N. E. one about midnight), with the wind directly astern, and sailing with her sails winged out — i. e., head sails trimmed in, foresail hard amidships, mainsail on the port side, and spanker on the starboard side — and going two or diree knots. A bright light was first seen by the lookout, and reported to the mate, who was in charge of the navigation, and was at once seen by him. It bore about three points on the port bow, and a little later the green side light…
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