Legal Opinion
The Mercury
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided August 3, 1923No. 2150PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BREWSTER, District Judge.
This is a proceeding in rem against the tug Mercury brought to recover the value of a cargo of coal lost with the barge Dunmore, which foundered about one mile off Minot’s Light on December 21, 1921.
The tug and tow left New London early in the morning of December 20, 1921, bound for Boston via the Cape Cod Canal. The Dunmore was a flat-bottomed wooden barge of about 1,200-ton capacity with rounding bow and stern. She was well built, in good state of repair, was seaworthy, but “towed hard” and “steered badly.” She carried a cargo of 1,019 tons of coal, and her crew…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- The "Margaret."Supreme Court of the United States · 1877
- Kenny v. Cornell Steamboat Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1921
- The Clarence L. BlakesleeCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1917
- The BordentownDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1889
- Nicholson v. Erie R.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1918
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3Cited by2 opinions
- The MercuryCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1924
- Martin v. Pan-American Petroleum & Transport Co.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1925