The Chauncey M. Depew

Citations

• 130 F. 59
• 1904 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 245

Syllabus

<p>1. Collision — Vessel Lying at End oe Piee — New Yoek Statute.</p> <p>Tlie New York statute proMbiting vessels from lying at the end of a pier in tbe North or East river, and providing that “any vessel * * * so lying shall not be entitled to claim or demand damages for any injury caused by any vessel entering or leaving any adjacent pier,” is penal in character, and is not to be extended by construction; and tbe exemption from liability it gives extends only to injuries to a vessel so lying which result from her obstructing the entrance to an adjacent pier. Where a canal boat lying at the end of a pier in East river headed to the northward was struck on the bow and injured by a barge in tow alongside a tug, which the tug was intending to leave at the end of the pier to be worked around to the south side by hand, the statute affords the tug no protection from liability.</p>