88 F. 559 | U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York | 1898
About 6 p. m. on the 14th of July, 1896, the libelant’s canal boat Daniel McCaffrey in tow of the tug M. Yandercook and on her starboard side, while crossing the North river in the ebb tide from Morris street, Jersey City, bound up the East river, came in collision with the ferry boat Plainfield, bound from the Communipaw Ferry to Liberty street, New York. The starboard bow of the canal boat projected ahead of the tug, struck the ferry boat on her port side a little forward of her paddle wheels, and was
I find thé Plainfield alone to blame.
Decree accordingly.