Brown v. Reading Co.

I am unable to concur in the decision of the court. Article 29 of the Inland Buies (33 USCA § 221) provides: “Nothing* in these rules shall exonerate any vessel, or the owner or master or crew thereof, from the consequences of any neglect to carry lights or signals, or of any neglect to keep a proper lookout, or of the neglect of any precaution which may be required by the ordinary practice of seamen, or by the special circumstances of the ease.”

It is admitted that there were no lookouts on the tugs until the fog* was observed. The pilot of the Wyomissing testified as follows:

“Q. Where was…