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· 3/4/1904

The Minneapolis

Citations

  • 130 F. 111
  • 64 C.C.A. 445
  • 1904 U.S. App. LEXIS 4143

Syllabus

<p>1. Collision — Ship Making Berth — Refusal of Small Boat to Give Way.</p> <p>A barge lying at the end of a pier in New York, although rightfully there, which refused the offer of a steamship to remove her temporarily while the ship was making her berth in an adjacent slip and to return her afterward, took the risk of injury from the docking of the ship if the latter was properly handled, and cannot recover therefor without proving fault.</p>

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