Boston, C. C. & N. Y. Canal Co. v. Seaboard Transp. Co.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Appeals from the District Court of the United States for the District of Massachusetts; James M. Morton, Jr., Judge. Cross-libels in admiralty by the Boston, Cape Cod & New York Canal Company against the Seaboard Transportation Company and by the Seaboard Transportation Company against the Boston, Cape Cod & New York Canal Company. Decree for the Transportation Company in each case, and the Canal Company appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
ANDERSON, Circuit Judge.
These cross-libels in admiralty grew out of the stranding and sinking in the Cape Cod Canal of the steamer Chisholm on July 16, 1916. The Canal Company contends that the accident was due to a break in the pintle which held the lower part of the ship’s rudder in place. The ship’s owner contends that the accident was caused by the negligence of the canal officials in taking the ship into the canal on a full moon flood tide running about 4 knots an hour, without a tug. In the court below the owner prevailed; the Canal Company was held liable for a total loss of…
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