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UNITED STATES v. CITY OF NEW YORK

8 F.2d 270 (1923)

UNITED STATES v. CITY OF NEW YORK, and Other Libels, Cross-Libel, and Petitions.

District Court, S. D. New York.

May 3, 1923.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Hayward, U. S. Atty., of New York City.

John M. Woolsey, of New York City, advocate on question of jurisdiction.

Anthony M. Menkel and John Hunter, both of New York City, advocates in respect to other questions.

Bigham, Englar & Jones, of New York City (T. Catesby Jones and James W. Ryan, both of New York City, of counsel), for United States Grain Corporation.

John P. O'Brien, Corporation Counsel, of New York City (Charles J. Carroll, of Brooklyn, N. Y., of counsel), for the City of New York.

AUGUSTUS N. HAND, District Judge.

This case involves a collision between the steamship Waubesa, belonging to the United States, and the ferryboats Queens and Mayor Gaynor, belonging to the city of New York. The collision occurred on March 17, 1919, in New York Harbor, during a dense fog. The Waubesa was anchored at or near the anchorage grounds in the upper bay to the southwest of Bedloe's Island.

The United States appeared specially and filed a plea to the...

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