Barney Dumping-Boat Co. v. The El Rio
District Court, S.D. New York
This was a libel by the Barney Dumping-Boat Company against the steamship El Bio and the tug Mutual to recover for damages resulting from a collision.
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, District Judge.
In the afternoon of January 27, 1894, just after the steamship El Bio had left her slip, pier 25, North river, she came in collision with the libelant’s dumper, No. 10, which was going up the North river in tow of the tug Mutual upon a hawser, inflicting damages for which the above libel was filed. The Mutual was brought in under the fifty-ninth rule.
The Mutual contends that the collision took place nearly in mid river; but I find it was much nearer the New York shore. The collision was nearly at right angles. The El Rio was a large steamer, 406 feet long. She had…
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