The International Milling Company v. Brown Steamship Company, the Great Lakes Towing Company, the Wayne Steamship Co., Inc.

HAND, Circuit Judge.

This appeal is from a decree in the admiralty holding liable the ship, “Gallagher” (of The Wayne Steamship Company Inc.) and the tug, “Oklahoma” (of The Great Lakes Towing Company) for injury to the “legs” of libellant’s elevator which were projected into the hold of the “McAlpine” (of the Brown Steamship Company). (We shall refer to the ships throughout and not to the owners.) Judge Burke found the “Gallagher” and the “Oklahoma” at fault and therefore liable to the libellant and exonerated the “McAlpine.” On the afternoon of October 25th the “McAlpine,” loaded with a…