Scully v. New Jersey Lighterage Co.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. In Admiralty. Libel for collision fded by the New Jersey Lighter-age Company against the steam tug E. A. Packer, John Scully, claimant. There was a decree for libelant in the court below, (49 Fed. Pep. 92,) and the claimant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
LACOMBE, Circuit Judge.
The libel in this case was filed to recover damages for the loss of the barge Atlanta, which was sunk in a collision with a barge in tow of the E. A. Packer, upon her port side, at about 4 o’clock in the afternoon of October 23, 1880, off piers 1 or 2 in the East river. The Atlanta was in tow of the tug WoNerton, on a! hawser of about 20 fathoms, and was bound from Roberts’ stores, Brooklyn, up the North river. The Packer had come down the North river, and rounded the Battery, being bound, up the East river, to Sixty-First street. After sighting each other, the Packer…
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