Lake Tankers Corp. v. Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co.

BYERS, District Judge.

The libelant’s motorvessel Irene W. Allen, to be called the Allen, stranded near the south bank of the Cape Cod Canal, on December 12, 1934, at a point approximately 1,500 feet west of Bourne Highway Bridge, while in the act of proceeding westerly through the canal. The time of the stranding was about 1:50 a. m. on a clear night, on which the wind was blowing out of the north, so as to affect the starboard side of the Allen, at a force of approximately 20 miles per hour.

The libel asserts that the dredge Crest and her owner should be held responsible because of the…