BYERS, District Judge.
The claimant's ferryboat Hopatcong collided with the libellant's barge No. 466, on January 20, 1927, and the libel was filed over 5½ years later, namely, on August 22, 1932.
There is no question concerning liability, because the ferry was proceeding in a fog at half speed, i. e., 4 miles an hour, which was too fast to enable her to stop within the limit of visibility, which was about 100 feet; she was bound for her pier in Hoboken...
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