Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York Volume 7 (Paperback)


This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1876 Excerpt: ... considered in connection with the fact that any failure to maintain the light would be chargeable to him alone. This is the sum of the evidence on the part of the libellants in regard to the particular time in question. Many other witnesses testify to seeing the light during the night, but a close examination of their testimony shows that none of them can be relied on as giving positive evidence in respect to its condition within a half hour of the accident. Still, the testimony of the witnesses above mentioned, coupled with the strong evidence adduced to show that a light was set upon the bark when she anchored, and was seen by other vessels near to the time of the collision, may be claimed to furnish proof that at the time of the collision the light was still in the rigging and burning so that it could be seen from the deck of the bark. But more than this cannot be found proved by the testimony offered by the libellants. This testimony is fairly harmonized with the testimony of those on the steamer, who say that as they approached the bark no light was to be seen upon the bark, by the statement of a witness called by the libellants, the pilot on the bark, who says that a moment or two after the blow he climbed into the bark's main rigging, and adds, "I could see the light then burning, but it was burning dim." No evidence is produced to show that the lantern was broken or its light diminished by the jar of the collision, and any inference that the condition of the light testified to by this pilot might be the result of the collision is overcome by the strong evidence from the steamer, that, as she approached the bark and before the blow, no light was to be seen. Some eight witnesses are called from the steamer, including seamen, officers, passe...

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1876 Excerpt: ... considered in connection with the fact that any failure to maintain the light would be chargeable to him alone. This is the sum of the evidence on the part of the libellants in regard to the particular time in question. Many other witnesses testify to seeing the light during the night, but a close examination of their testimony shows that none of them can be relied on as giving positive evidence in respect to its condition within a half hour of the accident. Still, the testimony of the witnesses above mentioned, coupled with the strong evidence adduced to show that a light was set upon the bark when she anchored, and was seen by other vessels near to the time of the collision, may be claimed to furnish proof that at the time of the collision the light was still in the rigging and burning so that it could be seen from the deck of the bark. But more than this cannot be found proved by the testimony offered by the libellants. This testimony is fairly harmonized with the testimony of those on the steamer, who say that as they approached the bark no light was to be seen upon the bark, by the statement of a witness called by the libellants, the pilot on the bark, who says that a moment or two after the blow he climbed into the bark's main rigging, and adds, "I could see the light then burning, but it was burning dim." No evidence is produced to show that the lantern was broken or its light diminished by the jar of the collision, and any inference that the condition of the light testified to by this pilot might be the result of the collision is overcome by the strong evidence from the steamer, that, as she approached the bark and before the blow, no light was to be seen. Some eight witnesses are called from the steamer, including seamen, officers, passe...

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United States

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March 2012

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March 2012

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246 x 189 x 11mm (L x W x T)

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Paperback - Trade

Pages

214

ISBN-13

978-1-130-19253-7

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9781130192537

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1-130-19253-9



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