Belden v. Chase
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE COURT OF. APPEALS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. This was an action at law brought by- William Donahue, .owner of the steamboat Charlotte Yanderbilt, in the Supreme Court of the. .State of New' York, against William Belden, .owner of the yacbt Yoserriite, for so negligently navigating the yacht as to" run down and sink the-steaniboat in the Hudson River a little north of Esopus Meadow light-house, and .some ninety'miles nor,tb of New York City, at or about half-past…
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ERROR TO THE COURT OF. APPEALS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. This was an action at law brought by- William Donahue, .owner of the steamboat Charlotte Yanderbilt, in the Supreme Court of the. .State of New' York, against William Belden, .owner of the yacbt Yoserriite, for so negligently navigating the yacht as to" run down and sink the-steaniboat in the Hudson River a little north of Esopus Meadow light-house, and .some ninety'miles nor,tb of New York City, at or about half-past nine on' the. evening of- July 14, 1882.. Donahue1 died, leaving.,a will, which was- admitted to. probate, and letters'…
1Opinion of the Court
IIk. Chief Justice Fuller,
After stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.
We are of opinion that the writ of error was providently allowed, and that the jurisdiction of this court is clearly maintainable.
Plaintiff in error expressly claimed the right under the statutes of the United States to navigate the Yosemite on the Hudson with- a masthead light and side lights in accordance *691with the statutory rules on that subject, and- also the right in such navigation to the explication of those rules in certain other particulars; and if these rights were denied, or either of them, -the…
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