Jefferson v. Tice Towing Line, Inc.

GALSTON, District Judge.

On April 24, 1925, the barge. Edward W. Parkhill was loaded and taken in tow at South Amboy by the tugs Authentic and Numatic, operated and controlled by the respondent, Tice Towing Line, Inc., and while bound for New York, going up the Kills, the barge was struck by collision with the tow of the New York Marine No. 1, and sustained damage as a result of the collision.

In addition to- the testimony of the owner of the barge, the libelants rely on certain admissions in the answers of the respondent and the claimant. In paragraph fourth of the answer of the Tice Towing…