Legal Opinion
United States v. North German Lloyd
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided January 13, 1917No. 24PublishedCited by 13 opinions
In Admiralty. Suit by the United States against the North German Lloyd.
1Opinion of the Court
MANTON, District Judge.
[1] On May 27, 1909, the respondent’s ship Princess Alice went ashore off Ft. Wadsworth, and it is claimed by the libelant, injured the government’s cables extending from Ft. Wadsworth to Ft. Hamilton. 'The claim is that she negligently went aground, and thereafter, without exercising due care, her anchor came in contact with the cables causing the injury. The contact of cable and anchor is sought to be proven circumstantially by the libelant. Cable signs indicating the presence of submarine cables were on the fort and on the southeast face of Battery Weed. This was a…
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