Southern Towing Co. v. Egan
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Appeals from tlie District Court of the United States for the District of Maryland, at Baltimore. Suits in admiralty by Sarah J. Egan, administratrix of the estates' of John J. Egan and John Egan, respectively, against the Southern Towing Company. Decrees for libelant, and respondent appeals.
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Appeals from tlie District Court of the United States for the District of Maryland, at Baltimore. Suits in admiralty by Sarah J. Egan, administratrix of the estates' of John J. Egan and John Egan, respectively, against the Southern Towing Company. Decrees for libelant, and respondent appeals. These are 'appeals from two decrees of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, entered on the 15th day of March, 1909, in favor of the appellee, libelant in the lower court, against the appellant. The two cases were by consent heard together in both courts, though separate decrees…
1Opinion of the CourtWaddill, District Judge
(after stating the facts as above). The law applicable to these cases, regarding the tug’s liability to its tow ordinarily, seems not to be seriously controverted; that is, that the towing boat is not an insurer of the safety of the tow, nor has she imposed upon her the obligations resting upon a common carrier, but there is required of those charged with her management the exercise of reasonable or ordinary care, caution, and maritime skill in and about the duties imposed upon and performed by them, and if these are omitted, and 'disaster occurs, the towing boat becomes responsible. The…
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