Sturgis v. Boyer
Supreme Court of the United States
This was an appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the southeru district of New York. It was a case of collision in the East river, at the southern extremity of New York, between the ship Wisconsin, propelled by the steam-tug Hector, on the one hand, and the Republic on the other.
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This was an appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the southeru district of New York. It was a case of collision in the East river, at the southern extremity of New York, between the ship Wisconsin, propelled by the steam-tug Hector, on the one hand, and the Republic on the other. The narrative of the case is given-in the opinion of the court. , The District Court condemned the ship and tug both, the claimants of which appealed to the Circuit Court by separate appeals. The Circuit Court affirmed the decree of the District Court against the tug, to the amount of $2,364.74, with…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Clifford
This is an appeal in admiralty from a decree of the Circuit Court of the United States for .the southern district.of New York, in a cause of collision, civil and maritime. It was a proceeding in rem against-the ship Wisconsin and the steam-tug Ilector, and was instituted in the District Court on the twenty-sixth day of October, 1855, by the owners of the lighter Republic. They allege in the libel, that the lighter, on the fifteenth day of October, 1855, started from pier six, in East river, in the port of New York, laden with flour, which waa in their possession as common carriers, to proceed…
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