Frank Jacobus Transp. Co. v. Moran Towing & Transportation Co.

L. HAND, Circuit Judge.

At eight p. m. on March 17,1928, the tug, “Alice Moran,” took in tow five sand and gravel barges tandem at Port Jefferson, Long Island, bound for New York, the libellant’s barge, “Imoan,” being at the tail. When she got out of the harbor, she found a light wind, south-southeast to southeast; but about ten o’clock it changed to the east, and began to increase in force, until at midnight it had grown to a gale from the east-northeast. The barometer had been somewhat below normal and instable during the day, but was rising when the tug left port. At nine o’clock it began…