United States v. Grant

JOHNSON, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a decree of the District Court of Massachusetts, in admiralty. The libel arose out of. a collision near the northerly end of Long Island, in Boston Harbor, on the night of December 13, 1922, between the steamboat General Thomas S. Jessup, of the Quartermaster Department of the United States, and the tugboat Juno, owned by the appellee.

While towing a barge from Quincy to Beverly, the Juno was summoned to the assistance of a British steamer, the Manchester Spinner, which had stranded upon the northwesterly side of Long Island. She left her tow at a…