Legal Opinion

The No. 4

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Decided May 11, 1908No. Nos. 242, 243PublishedCited by 21 opinions

Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York.

1Opinion of the Court

WARD, Circuit Judge.

April 30, 1907, about 7:30 a. m., the side-wheel steamer C. W. Morse, on a trip from Albany to New York, 432 feet in length, 4,500 tons, with engines of 5,000 horse power, came into collision with lighter No. 4, about 115 feet long and of 457 tons burden. The stem of the Morse penetrated the port side of the *848lighter at a point about 38 feet from her stem to a distance of 8 feet, and the lighter sank almost at the point of collision, about opposite Thirty-Third street, some 375 feet from the line of the piers on the New York side. The collision occurred in a fog so dense…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. The PennsylvaniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1874
  2. The UmbriaSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
  3. The ChattahoocheeSupreme Court of the United States · 1899
  4. The NacoocheeSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
  5. The BeeCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1905

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3Cited by21 opinions

  1. The La BretagneCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1910
  2. The BayonneCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1914
  3. SKIBS A/S SILJESTAD v. S/S Mathew LuckenbachDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1963
  4. The LexingtonCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1921
  5. Mexican Petroleum Corp. v. Doane Towboat Co.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1932

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