The William H. Yerkes, Jr.
District Court, D. Massachusetts
In Admiralty. Suit by John R. Burke against the steam tug William H. Yerkes, Jr.; the Doane Steamboat Company, claimant.
1Opinion of the Court
HADE, District Judge.
This is a libel for loss of the lighter John the First, alleged to have been sustained by reason of negligent towing by the steam tug William H. Yerkes, Jr. Under an agreement entered into on September 26, 1912, the Doane Steamboat Company, the owner of the tug Yerkes, agreed for a lump sum to tow the lighter from Sandwich, Mass., to Wood’s Hole Harbor. The contract of towage was an oral one; and there is a sharp conflict as to its terms. It is contended by the libelants that, at the time the agreement was made, the owners of the Yerkes were informed in respect to the…
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