CONNOLLY v. THE ACE

No. 36, Docket 20684.

164 F.2d 86 (1947)

CONNOLLY et al. v. THE ACE et al. THE BOBBY.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

November 5, 1947.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mahar & Mason, of New York City (Frank C. Mason, of New York City, of counsel), for libellants-appellees.

Horace M. Gray, of New York City, for claimants-respondents-appellants.

Before L. HAND, SWAN and CHASE, Circuit Judges.


CHASE, Circuit Judge.

The diesel lighter "Ace" and the motor launch "Bobby" collided in the Kill Van Kull off New Brighton, Staten Island, about a quarter past two on the morning of October 20, 1944 under the following circumstances:

The "Ace," a workboat fifty-eight and one-half feet long with a beam of seventeen and one-half feet and a draft of five, left Sewaren, New Jersey, that morning, bound for Pier 1, Manhattan. She was properly showing all required...

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