The Somers N. Smith
District Court, D. Maine
In Admiralty. Suits to recover damages for alleged negligent towing.
1Opinion of the Court
HALE, District Judge.
These two cases were heard together, and are to be decided upon the same evidence. They make practically but one case.
In the first case, Thomas B. Mehaffey, in behalf of the schooner Crescent, brings this proceeding against the steamtug Somers N. Smith to recover damages alleged to have been sustained by that schooner by the negligence of the said steamtug in towing said schooner upon Gangway Ledge, in the entrance to the harbor of Long-Cove, in the town of St. George, December 8, 1901. The schooner Crescent is a three-masted schooner of 463 tons gross tonnage. Her length…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- The Steamer SyracuseSupreme Court of the United States · 1871
- The Steamer WebbSupreme Court of the United States · 1872
- JenksDistrict Court, N.D. New York · 1893
- The M. J. CummingsDistrict Court, N.D. New York · 1883
- In re Shipowners' & Merchants' Tugboat Co.District Court, N.D. California · 1897
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