Low Transp. Co. v. Davis

MANTON, Circuit Judge.

The libel filed in this suit is against the Director General of Railroads as operator of the tugs Bern and Wyomissing, and against the Union Towboat Company, as owner of the tug Lohrman. Process was never served upon the Union Towboat Company. The libel set forth, as its claim of right of recovery that on December 10, 1919, the appellee’s barge Morrison yas one of a fleet of light coal boats, which left New York in tow of the tug Bern, bound for Port Reading, N. J. The fleet was made up of five tiers, the Morrison being at the tail end on the port side. At about 11…