The Gallia
District Court, S.D. New York
In Admiralty. Suit for collision by British & South American Steam Navigation Company, Limited, as owner of the steamship Hyades, against steamship Gallia, and the tugs W. J. McCaldin, McCaldin Bros., and Walter B. Pollock, impleaded. Decree against the W. J. McCaldin and McCaldin Bros. only.
1Opinion of the Court
HOUGH, District Judge.
[1] That by negligence on the part of some one the Gallia came in contact with the Hyades in the Atlantic Basin on February 1, 1908, has not been denied.
The Gallia, without steam up, was lying at Pier 33, and, desiring to shift to the other side of the pier, employed the McCaldin firm to furnish power for that purpose. That firm sent two of their own tugs and employed the Walter B. Pollock to assist. A Sandy Hook pilot was on board the Gallia; his employment was merely for this transit. The tugs moved the Gallia, hut the force of the wind was miscalculated, and the…
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