The North Point
District Court, E.D. Virginia
In Admiralty. Suit for collision by the New York, Philadelphia & Norfolk Railroad Company against the steamship North Point, with cross-libel.
1Opinion of the Court
WADDILL, District Judge.
This case involves the right to recover for damages sustained in a collision which occurred on the morning of January 2, 1913, about 8:35 o’clock, in the waters of the Elizabeth river, Va., some 300 yards above or to the southward of Boush Bluff Tightship, between the British steamship North Point, en route from Newport News to Norfolk, and tlic New York, Philadelphia & Norfolk Railroad Company’s steamer Pennsylvania, en route on her daily outward trip from Norfolk to Cape Charles. The North Point is a large ocean-going freight steamer, known as a “tramp,” of 5,216…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- The Victory & the PlymothianSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
- The Eagle WingDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1905
- Baltimore Steam Packet Co. v. Coastwise Transp. Co.District Court, E.D. Virginia · 1905
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- M. & J. Tracy, Inc. v. CattaneoCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1926
- The ThielbekDistrict Court, D. Oregon · 1914