Legal Opinion
The Willowpool
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided May 1, 1933No. 366PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MANTON, Circuit Judge.
The steamship West Wauneke was in tow of the steam tug Julia C. Moran on the early morning of April 11, 1929, in the Delaware river, and when oft Marcus Hook she collided with the steamer Willowpool, there anchored, and both vessels were damaged. The tug and tow were bound from Chester, Pa., to New York. The West Wauneke had a small crew on board who were steering by hand gear. The Moran safely passed the Willow-pool, but the West Wauneke took a sudden sheer and collided with the Willowpool.
At the time there was a line attached to a bridle, the total length of which,…
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