Elphicke v. White Line Towing Co.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Appeals from the District Court of the United States for the District of Minnesota.
1Opinion of the Court
SANBORN, Circuit Judge.
On the night of November 22, 1898, the steamship Arthur Orr, laden with flour, copper, and shingles, was driven upon the rocky shore of Lake Superior, near the mouth of the Baptism river, so disabled that she sank. The White Line Towing Company and the Inman Tug Company, two corporations engaged in towing and assisting vessels upon the Great Lakes, found her at this place only partially submerged, took a portion of her cargo to Duluth on barges, and then raised and towed her to the same port. Each of these corporations furnished the services of tugs, barges, pumps,…
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