The William A. Jamison
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. Suit in admiralty for collision by John E. Hurley against the steam tug William A. Jamison, William A. Jamison and others, claimants, and the steam tug Francis J. Reichert, the Reichert Towing Túne, Incorporated, claimant. Decree against the Reichert alone, and the other parties appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
WARD, Circuit Judge.
December 29, 1915, at about 3:45 a. m., of a dear, dark night, with an ebb tide, the tug Reichert rounded Corlear’s Hook and came down the East River, having the light coal boat Broadway on her port side. At the same time, lower down the river, on the Brooklyn side, the tug Jamison was engaged in taking a car float loaded with five cars on her starboard side frqm one of the Jay Street Terminal piers, preparatory to proceeding down stream. The bow of the car float, heading towards New York, collided with the port side of the coal boat, doing considerable .damage.
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2Cases cited3 opinions
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- The John RuggeCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1916
- The J. W. WonsonCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1917
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