Hand & Johnson Tug Line v. Canada S. S. Lines, Ltd.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern Division of the Northern District of Ohio; D. C. Westenhaver, Judge. Libel in admiralty by the Canada Steamship Lines, Limited, against the Hand & Johnson Tug Line. Decree for libelant, and respondent appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
DENISON, Circuit Judge.
In April, 1918, the appellant’s tug Buffalo undertook to shift the appellee’s steamer Cadillac from one dock to another in the harbor at Erie. The Cadillac was without steam and could not actively participate. In the final stage of the transfer the steamer was being pushed stemwards and angling toward the dock, *781which was on the steamer’s port, and the tug and the steamer were lashed port bow to port bow. Owing to the position of the boats and the length of the steamer, the tug’s captain, in his pilot house back some distance from his bow, could not see the dock at the…
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