The Progressive
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. Suit in admiralty for collision by Ida M. Flannery, owner of the barge Howe, against the steam tug Progressive; with the tug Slatingtou impleaded. Decree against the Progressive alone, and her claimant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
MANTON, Circuit Judge.
The libelant is the owner of the coal barge- Edward G. Howe, and filed this libel for damages sustained by her while she was in tow of the tug Progressive and when she came in collision with a railroad float in tow of the tug Slatington. The suit was commenced against the Progressive alone, and her owner brought in the Slatington by petition under the fifty-ninth rule of admiralty.
On the 20th of February, 1918, about 9 o’clock in the evening, a clear night, with the wind northwest strong, and tide strong ebb, and while in the North River off the New Jersey shore, and…
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