Sun Mut. Ins. v. Mississippi Valley Transp. Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Missouri
Admiralty Appeal from District Court.1 The libelants are insurance companies, and as such insured certain goods shipped from St. Louis to New Orleans upon the boats of defendant, and the said goods having been lost in part, and in part damaged by a collision, they paid the losses to the shippers, and sued the defendant in admiralty. Decree below for libelants, and defendant appeals.. The other facts sufficiently appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtMcCrary, J.
The defendant, as a common earner, agreed to transport certain goods described in the libel from St. Louis to New Orleans. The goods were laden on defendant’s barge New Orleans. The defendant employed a tug-boat to tow said barge from its moorings at East St. Louis to the levee in St, Louis, there to be taken in tow by a tow-boat belonging to the defendant, "and carried on its way to its destination. It was while the barge New Orleans was being towed by the tug-boat, thus hired for the purpose by the defendant, that a collision occurred, resulting in a loss of part, and in damage to the…
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