Pittsburgh S. S. Co. v. Atomic

THORNTON, District Judge.

This case arises out of a libel filed by Pittsburgh Steamship Company, owner of the steamship Benjamin F. Fairless, in which it is claimed that on the afternoon of October 23, .1947, the steamer Benjamin F. Fairless, while upbound in the Ballard’s Reef Channel of the Lower Detroit River, was forced out of the channel by the down-bound tug Atomic with the barge Malden in tow, and that in maneuvering back into the channel the underwater body of the Fairless was badly damaged.

Findings of Fact

1. The libelant, Pittsburgh Steamship Company, is and was, on October 23, 1947,…