Legal Opinion
The Cygnus
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided December 5, 1905No. Nos. 19, 20PublishedCited by 15 opinions
Appeals from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of New York. This cause comes here upon cross-appeals from a decree of the District Court, Eastern District of New York, holding both vessels in fault for a collision in the North river, slightly above Pier 1 on June 15, 1902, at 6:30 p. m.
1Opinion of the Court
LACOMBE, Circuit Judge.
The following excerpts from the opinion of the district judge sufficiently indicate the movements of the vessels:
“The Cygnus [bound up from Coney Island] passed the Statue of Liberty, proceeded directly up the North riyer, on the westerly side thereof, and made a turn to starboard in the neighborhood of the Central Railroad Ferry on the New Jersey shore, thereupon passed over a distance of at least 2,000 feet and collided almost at a right angle with the Dimock, which was about 200 feet off Iron Pier No. 1, which was the Cygnus’ immediate destination. The Dimock came…
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