The J. L. Miner
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Appeal, from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Michigan; Arthur J. Tuttle, Judge. Libel by Frank G. Wetherell and another against the tug J. L. Miner, claimed by Alexander Ruelle, and the barge Jeremiah Godfrey, claimed by the Grace Harbor Lumber Company. From a decree for claimants, libelants appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
McCALL, District Judge.
This is an appeal from a decree of the District Court of the United States, in admiralty, dismissing the libel filed by Frank G. Wetherell and Charlotte Wetherell against the tug J. L. Miner and the barge Jeremiah Godfrey.
*902On the 23d day of October, 1915, the houseboat Halcyon, owned by libelants, was lying in the River Rouge, moored to a dock at the foot of Copeland avenue, Detroit, Mich., when the barge Jeremiah Godfrey, being towed down the river by the tug J. L. Miner, drifted against the houseboat] crushing it, and causing such injuries that she sank.
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