Commonwealth & Dominion Line, Ltd. v. Seaboard Transp. Co.
District Court, D. Massachusetts
In Admiralty. Suit for collision by the Commonwealth & Dominion Riñe, Rimited, owner of the steamship Port blunter, against the Seaboard Transportation Company, owner of the tug Covington. Decree dividing damages.
1Opinion of the Court
MORTON, District Judge.
This suit arises out of a collision between the steamship Port Hunter, a large freighter, and the tug Cov-ington, which took place in Vineyard Sound about 1:45 a. m. on November 2, 1918. The Port Hunter was so injured that she was beached on Hedge Pence shoal to prevent sinking and will probably be a total loss. She was valued at about $700,000. The value of the tug and her pending freight is, by agreement, $100,000, to which sum the liability of the respondent has been limited.
The Port Hunter, fully loaded, was on passage from Boston to New York to join a convoy. She…
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