Sacramento Nav. Co. v. Salz

(after stating the facts as above). The appellant contends that, the cargo having been loaded on a barge, which became an instrument in the transportation of the cargo only in connection with the tug, the situation was the same as if it had been carried on the tug, and that the relation between the appellee and the appellant was solely one of affreightment. But there was no contract here between the appellee and the barge and the tng. The bill of lading was made with the barge, and did not include the tug, and there is nothing therein to indicate that the tug and the tow were engaged in a…