Puget Sound Commercial Co. v. Inter-Island Steam Navigation Co.

It is admitted that both the libelant and libellee are corporations. It is claimed by the libelant in both the count in tort and the count in contract, that the master of the libelant engaged the master of the steamship Keauhou, belonging to the libellee, on the 9th of November, 1912, to tow the Klikitat, a barkentine, out of Hilo harbor, to a safe offing and until ready to proceed with her own sails; that, pursuant to such agreement, the Keauhou *490towed the Klikitat out of Hilo harbor and cast off the towline before the Klikitat had been towed out sufficiently clear of the land to afford her a…