Legal Opinion
Monk v. Cornell Steamboat Co.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided December 14, 1909Published
In Admiralty. Suit by Thomas Monk, Jr., against the Cornell Steamboat Company.
1Opinion of the Court
HOUGH, District Judge.
This libel is brought to recover for negligent towage through ice under quite unusual circumstances. Libel-ant is the owner of the boat Monk, which was under charter for a long time to the Kdison Company, a corporation having a manufacturing plant at J3ay Ridge, Brooklyn. In February, 1908, the ice in New York Harbor along the Brooklyn shore was very heavy. Libelant’s boat, having been laden by the charterers with coal for their Bay Ridge factory, was by said charterers put in charge of respondents to be towed to her place of destination. On account of the heavy ice in…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- United States v. LoughreySupreme Court of the United States · 1898
- Castle v. The PackerU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York · 1886
- The Edwin TerryCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1908
- The PhœnixDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1905
- The Edwin TerryCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1908