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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

THE TRANSFER NO. 8. NEW YORK, N. H. & H. R. CO. v. REDDY.
    (Circuit Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
    December 5, 1893.)
    No. 31.
    Collision—Tugs and Tows in East River—Navigation near Piers.
    Appeal from tlie District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New' York.
    This was a libel by Philip Reddy against the steam tug Transfer No. 8 (the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company, claimant), and the steam tug New York Central Lighterage Company No. 2, to recover damages fór a collision whereby libelant’s canal boat was sunk. In the district court a decree was entered for libel-ant against Transfer No. 8, and exempting No. 2. 58 Fed. 670. The claimant of No. 8 appeals.
    Henry W. Taft, for claimant of the Transfer No. 8.
    Stewart & Macklin, for appellee.
   Affirmed, with interest and costs, on the opinion of the district judge.