The Coastwise
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of Massachusetts; Jas. M. Morton, Judge. Suit in admiralty by Melville L. Cobb against the steam tug Coast-wise; Thomas J. Scully, claimant. Decree for libelant, and claimant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
HALE, District Judge.
This case comes before the court on appeal from the decision of the District Court for the District of Massachusetts, holding the steam tug Coastwise liable for loss of the coal barge Enos Soule, and her cargo of coal, by stranding on the Brigantine Shoal, east of Atlantic City, N. J., on May 12, 1914.
[1] 1. The claimant, the owner of the barge, contends that he is exonerated from liability for the loss of the cargo by the act of Congress of February 13, 1893 (27 U. S. Statutes at Large, 445, c. 105), known as the Harter Act. He bases his contention upon the first clause…
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