The Florence
District Court, N.D. New York
Libel by Franklin Allen, master of the canal boat J. W. Whitney, against the steam tug Florence, to recover damages for negligent towing of the canal boat on the 31st day of August, 1897, at a point on the Hudson river about opposite the arsenal wharf at Watervliet, N.Y. The libel alleges that the Florence agreed to tow the Whitney, having a cargo of corn, from Troy to Albany for an agreed price.
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Libel by Franklin Allen, master of the canal boat J. W. Whitney, against the steam tug Florence, to recover damages for negligent towing of the canal boat on the 31st day of August, 1897, at a point on the Hudson river about opposite the arsenal wharf at Watervliet, N.Y. The libel alleges that the Florence agreed to tow the Whitney, having a cargo of corn, from Troy to Albany for an agreed price. The Whitney was placed by the tug in the forward tier of the tow, there being two tiers and three canal boats abreast in each tier, the Whitney occupying the port side. The Florence had entire charge…
1Opinion of the Court
00XE, District Judge
(after stating the facts). On the 31st day of August, 1897, the libelant’s canal boat Whitney, while being towed by the respondents’ tug Florence down the Hudson river from Troy to Albany, sprung a leak of so serious a nature that it became necessary to beach her on Beverwyck island, at the northerly limits of the city of Albany. The theory of the libelant is that the damage thus produced was due to the negligence of the tug in not properly making up the tow and in going too near the shoals on the easterly side of the river. The theory of the defense is that if a collision…
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