Legal Opinion
Foss Launch & Tug Co. v. The Kukui
District Court, N.D. California
Decided April 1, 1955No. 26031PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDWARD P. MURPHY, District Judge.
This is a suit for tug hire and for money expended by libelant in payment to another tug for assisting in the towage. I shall set forth the facts quite generally and then relate them more particularly to the legal issues involved.
On December 7, 1951, Foss Launch & Tug Company entered into a contract of towage with Independent Iron Works, Inc. Foss agreed to provide the tug Martha Foss to tow two of Independent’s barges from Oakland, California to Hawaii. At Honolulu, the Martha Foss was to pick up three tows — The Columbia, the Kukui and the Intrepid, and tow…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Stevens v. the White CitySupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- The Steamer WebbSupreme Court of the United States · 1872
- Curtis Bay Towing Co. Of Virginia, Inc. v. Southern Lighterage Corp. The J. Alvah Clark. The Covered WagonCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1952
- The AlgithaU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Maryland · 1883
- B. Turecamo Towing Corp. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1942
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Dillingham Tug & Barge Corp. v. Collier Carbon & Chemical Corp.District Court, N.D. California · 1981
- The Tug R. A. Turrentine, Her Engines, Etc. Brown & Root, Inc. v. American Home Assurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1960
- Crain Bros. v. Hartford Fire InsuranceDistrict Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1957
- The Tug R. A. Turrentine, Her Engines, Etc. Brown & Root, Inc. v. American Home Assurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1960