The Johnson
Supreme Court of the United States
Appeal from the Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York, in a case of collision, the case being this: All steamers navigating the crowded waters of the New York harbor, were bound in 1863 to obey the following Rules oe Navigation, prescribed originally for the conduct of passenger steamers, but adopted by other vessels.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York, in a case of collision, the case being this: All steamers navigating the crowded waters of the New York harbor, were bound in 1863 to obey the following Rules oe Navigation, prescribed originally for the conduct of passenger steamers, but adopted by other vessels. “Exile 1. When steamers meet ‘head and head,’ it shall be the duty of each to pass to the right, or on the larboard side of the other, and either pilot, upon determining to pursue this course, shall give as a signal of his intention one short and distinct blast of…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Clifford
Damages were claimed in this case on account of a collision which occurred in East River, on the ninth of December, 1868, between the canal boat Kate McCord, and the steamboat Joseph Johnson, whereby the canal boat and her cargo, consisting of seven thousand bushels of wheat, were greatly injured.
Prior to the commencement of her trip, the canal boat was lying in the Atlantic basin at Brooklyn, and the proofs show that she was heavily laden, and that she was taken in tow there by the steam propeller William F. Burden, to be towed up the river to pier forty-four, on the New York side of the…
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