Legal Opinion

The Teaser

District Court, D. Massachusetts

Decided December 13, 1913No. 230PublishedCited by 5 opinions

In Admiralty. Suit for collision by John L,. McDonald and others, owners of a schooner, against the tug Teaser and barge in tow. Petition by claimants for rehearing, after interlocutory decree for libel-ants.

1Opinion of the Court

DODGE, Circuit Judge.

The collision between the libelants’ schooner and a barge, towed by the Teaser, out of which this case arose, happened on October 13, 1907. The libel was filed September 20, 1909. After a hearing begun February 1, 1910, and completed by arguments on July 21, 1910, the tug and barge were held at fault for the collision and the schooner free from fault. The opinion was filed January 31, 1911, and an interlocutory decree entered accordingly February 9, 1911.

Assessment of the damages under the interlocutory decree appears to have been long delayed, no final decree having been…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Palmer v. Merchants' & Miners' Transp. Co.District Court, D. Massachusetts · 1907

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Brooks v. United StatesDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1944
  2. California Victor Distributing Co. v. Luckenbach S. S. Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1932
  3. The MunalbroDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1922
  4. Rose & Lucy, Inc. v. F/V Saint Anna MariaDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1968
  5. The Grand MananDistrict Court, D. Maine · 1914

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