Hughes v. Pennsylvania R. Co.
District Court, S.D. New York
This is a libel for collision filed by James Hughes against the Pennsylvania Bailroad Company and another.
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, District Judge.
The above libel was filed to recover damages to the libelant’s canal boat F. B. Morris, which was run into off pier 5, East river, at about 6:40 a. m. of February 9, 1898, in a dense i'cg. The canal boat had been brought up daring the night previous from Bou til Amboy, being one of a tow of eight canal boats in three tiers, by the defendants’ tug Media. The libelant’s boat was on the port side of the middle tier. Arriving at pier 5, East river, at 1 o'clock a. m., the head boats had been tied by a single line at the end of pier 5, and in the ebb tide tailed down stream.…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Jones v. American EagleDistrict Court, N.D. Ohio · 1893
- Connolly v. RossDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1882
- Hastorf v. The GovernorDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1896
- Meus v. The OrangeDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1891
- The Thomas Purcell, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1898
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- O'Boyle v. Cornell Steamboat Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1924
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