THE AMERICA

No. 14297.

11 F.Supp. 133 (1935)

THE AMERICA. THE CORTLAND.

District Court, E. D. New York.

March 25, 1935.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bigham, Englar, Jones & Houston, of New York City (A. J. McElhinney, of New York City, of counsel), for libelant.

Foley & Martin, of New York City (James A. Martin and Christopher E. Heckman, both of New York City, of counsel), for claimant.


MOSCOWITZ, District Judge.

On April 21, 1934, the ferryboat America, owned by the libelant, left her slip at the foot of Dyckman street, Manhattan, bound for her slip on the Jersey shore, slightly further upstream. The day was clear and the tide was ebb. The America, on starting out from her slip, sounded the usual long slip whistle. At about this time her captain observed a vessel coming upstream slightly on the Jersey side of the river, which vessel was the tug...

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