The T. J. Schuyler v. The Isaac H. Tillyer
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Pennsylvania
: In Admiralty. Appeal from district court. For former opinion, see 35 Fed. Rep. 551. Libel by the schooner Isaac H. Tillyer against the tug T. J. Schuyler, to recover damages sustained while being towed up the Schuylkill river. Flanders & Pugh, proctors for The Tillyer, appellee, cited, as to the responsibility of tugs, The Robert H. Burnett, 30 Fed. Rep. 214; Willey v. City of Allegheny, 12 Atl.
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: In Admiralty. Appeal from district court. For former opinion, see 35 Fed. Rep. 551. Libel by the schooner Isaac H. Tillyer against the tug T. J. Schuyler, to recover damages sustained while being towed up the Schuylkill river. Flanders & Pugh, proctors for The Tillyer, appellee, cited, as to the responsibility of tugs, The Robert H. Burnett, 30 Fed. Rep. 214; Willey v. City of Allegheny, 12 Atl. Rep. 453; The Lady Pike, 21 Wall. 1; The Mohler, Id. 230; The Delaware, 20 Fed. Rep. 798; The Henry Chapel, 10 Fed. Rep. 777; The Effie J. Simmons, 6 Fed. Rep. 639; The Ellen McGovern, 27 Fed. Rep.…
1Opinion of the CourtMcKennan, J.
On the 2d day of July, 1886, about 1 o’clock A. M., the schooner Isaac H. Tillyer arrived off the mouth of the Schuylkill, and anchored there. She had a cargo of about 869 tons of ice, which was consigned to the Knickerbocker Ice Company, and was to be delivered at the Pine-Street wharf. .About 9 a. m. of that day she was taken in tow by the tug Schuyler, to be conveyed to her destination at Pine street, and was towed astern by cross-hawsers of 25 to 30 fathoms in length. The tide was then running down the river. Some distance up the river a new bridge had been constructed across it, known as…
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