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Cornell Steamboat Co. v. Phoenix Construction Co., 233 U.S. 593 (1914)
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Cornell Steamboat Co. v. Phoenix Construction Co., 233 U.S. 593 (1914)
Cornell Steamboat Company v. Phoenix Construction Company Nos. 933 , 934 , 935 Motion to dismiss or affirm submitted April 27, 1914 Decided May 11, 1914 233 U.S. 593
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT
OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
Syllabus
While the fact of negligence may, if abstractly considered, be a state question concerning which this Court would accept, and possibly might be bound by, the decision of the state court, when the negligence involves and concerns a subject of federal jurisdiction which it is its duty to decide, this Court must, to the extent necessary to enable it to discharge that duty, consider the subject independent of the action of the state court. Southern Pacific Co. v. Schuyler, 227 U.S. 601.
The fact that a vessel is anchored in a navigable river without the authority of the Secretary of War does not endow other vessels with a license to wrongfully injure it, nor does that fact relieve them from responsibility for colliding with the anchored vessel solely by their own negligence, not contributed to in any way by it.
210 N.Y. 113 affirmed.
The facts, which involve the jurisdiction of this Court to review judgments of the state court and also questions of negligence in colliding with vessels anchored in navigable waters, are stated in the opinion.
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Chicago: U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," Cornell Steamboat Co. v. Phoenix Construction Co., 233 U.S. 593 (1914) in 233 U.S. 593 233 U.S. 595. Original Sources, accessed November 24, 2024, http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=FDAMKVIRA8RXQH2.
MLA: U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." Cornell Steamboat Co. v. Phoenix Construction Co., 233 U.S. 593 (1914), in 233 U.S. 593, page 233 U.S. 595. Original Sources. 24 Nov. 2024. http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=FDAMKVIRA8RXQH2.
Harvard: U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Cornell Steamboat Co. v. Phoenix Construction Co., 233 U.S. 593 (1914). cited in 1914, 233 U.S. 593, pp.233 U.S. 595. Original Sources, retrieved 24 November 2024, from http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=FDAMKVIRA8RXQH2.
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