New York & Baltimore Transportation Co. v. Philadelphia & Savannah Steam Navigation Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
This was an appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the eastern district of Pennsylvania. It was a case of collision between the steamship Keystone State and a barge called the A. Groves, jun., which took place on the river Delaware, whereby the barge was sunk in the river, and her cargo greatly damaged. The facts of the case are fully stated in the opinion of the court.
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This was an appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the eastern district of Pennsylvania. It was a case of collision between the steamship Keystone State and a barge called the A. Groves, jun., which took place on the river Delaware, whereby the barge was sunk in the river, and her cargo greatly damaged. The facts of the case are fully stated in the opinion of the court. The libel was filed by the New York and Baltimore Transportation Company against the owners of the Keystone State The District Court dismissed the libel, and the Circuit Court, upon appeal, affirmed the decree.…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Clifford
This is an appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of the United States for the eastern district of Pennsylvania, in a cause of collision, civil and maritime.
It was a suit in rem against the steamship the Keystone State, brought by the appellants as the owners of the barge known a's the A. Groves, jun., to recover damages on account of a collision which took place on the eighteenth day of August, 1857, between the steamer and- the barge on the river Delaware, whereby the barge was sunk in the river, and her cargo was greatly damaged.
At the time of the disaster the barge was in tow of a…
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