The Hercules.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. Suit in admiralty by John Cook against the steam tugs Hercules and Ira M. Hedges; the Cornell Steamship Company, claimant. Decree 'for respondents, and libelant appeals.
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Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. Suit in admiralty by John Cook against the steam tugs Hercules and Ira M. Hedges; the Cornell Steamship Company, claimant. Decree 'for respondents, and libelant appeals. The following is the statement of the case by Hand, District Judge, with his opinion thereon: This is a libel in rem for damages caused by an alleged negligent towing on the Hudson river on the 26th of February, 1912. The injured boat was a coal barge which had been delivered to the claimant at its wharf in New York off Fifty-First…
1Per curiam
The decree of the District Court is affirmed, with costs of appeal, on the opinion of Judge Hand.
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