Legal Opinion
McLain Line, Inc. v. Reading Co.
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided January 19, 1944No. 16874PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GALSTON, District Judge.
The libel alleges that on April 1, 1943 the Rondout was light and properly moored to the rack at 96th Street, East River, New York City; that while she was made fast, at about 9 p. m., the tug Bern arrived, pursuant to contract, to make up a tow of light vessels among which was the barge Rondout.
The Rondout was placed alongside of the Armstrong, making the Armstrong and the Rondout the two head boats, and the Mulqueen and the McLain the two stern boats. Forsythe, the master of the Bern, directed his deckhand in putting out hawsers to the head boats. First the port…
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