Legal Opinion
The Henry Maurer
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided June 2, 1914No. 1001PublishedCited by 2 opinions
In Admiralty. Suit by Nathaniel P. Doane and others against the steam tug Henry Maurer; John R. Burke, claimant.
1Opinion of the Court
HALE, District Judge.
This is a libel for salvage. On the morning of September 29, 1913, at about 9 o’clock, the steam tug Henry Maurer, owned by John R. Burke, was towing scow No. 6, loaded with *239750 tons of sand, from the southerly end of Cape Cod Canal, down the dredged portion of the canal, near Buzzard’s Bay, for the purpose of unloading the scow at the dumping ground in the westerly part of the bay. The Maurer had proceeded about three miles, and had left the channel to go toward the dumping ground, when its propeller was broken, and dropped off, and the tug came to anchor. The…
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