Legal Opinion

Cleary Bros. v. The Dauntless and Two Other Cases. The Cleary No. 48. The Rowen Card

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Decided November 30, 1949No. 14, Docket 21304PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SWAN, Circuit Judge.

This litigation arose out of a collision in Kill Van Kull between scows in tow of the tug Dauntless and a coastwise barge in tow of the tug Port Henry. The respective owners of the two damaged scows and the owner of the disabled tug Rowen Card, which was also in tow of the Port Henry, brought separate suits in rem against the tug Dauntless. In each of the suits the claimant of The Dauntless impleaded in rem the tug Rowen Card and in personam (on in rem principles) the United States as owner of the tug Port Henry. The district court exonerated The Dauntless and held the…

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