Legal Opinion
The America
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided May 24, 1900No. 155PublishedCited by 5 opinions
Appeal front tlie District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Now York.
1Opinion of the Court
WALLACE, Circuit Judge.
We are unable to accept the theory of the collision which is put forward in behalf of the America, and agree with the findings of the district judge that it was not caused by any deviation by the Indian Ridge in following the course of the tug, but was caused by the fault of the tug in not earlier changing her course towards the eastward, to avoid the Suzanne, then lying at anchor in a proper place. The collision took place in a clear'evening. The ship Suzanne was within the anchorage grounds off Staten Island. Her bow pointed northward, and her anchor light was…
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