Hoboken Land & Imp. Co. v. The Pavonia
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York
In Admiralty. The Weehawken violated no rule or regulation in taking a course parallel to the line of slips and between the Pavonia and her slip before there was any danger of collision. The Weehawken, having seen the Pavonia’s red light on her port bow before the latter had swung any considerable distance, had a right to assume that the Weehawken was at the same time seen by the Pavonia. The lights then being red to red it was the Weehawken’s duty to go ahead.
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In Admiralty. The Weehawken violated no rule or regulation in taking a course parallel to the line of slips and between the Pavonia and her slip before there was any danger of collision. The Weehawken, having seen the Pavonia’s red light on her port bow before the latter had swung any considerable distance, had a right to assume that the Weehawken was at the same time seen by the Pavonia. The lights then being red to red it was the Weehawken’s duty to go ahead. The collision was caused by reason of the negligence of the Pavonia’s lookout, and by lier subsequent faulty maneuver. The Weehawken…
1Opinion of the CourtWallace, J.
This libel is filed by tlie owners of the ferry-boat Weehawken to recover damages sustained by a collision between that boat and the ferry-boat Pavonia. The collision took place on the North river on the fifteenth day of October, 1883, at about 6 :30 i>. n., on a clear moonlight evening. The tide was strong flood, running three miles an hour, and there wras a heavy north-west wind. There were no vessels or intervening obstacles to obstruct the movements of the ferry-boats from tlie time when they ought to have distinctly seen each other at a sufficient distance to avoid danger to tlie time of…
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