Price v. The Rambler
District Court, S.D. New York
This was a suit in ran by William A. Price against the steam-tug Rambler to recover for damages occasioned by alleged negligent towing.
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, District Judge.
There is no sufficient evidence on the part of the respondent to discredit the testimony in the libelant’s favor, .showing that the canal boat McMahon, though old, was in good condition, sound in her planks and timbers, and reasonably fit for navigation. She was taken in tow by the Rambler alongside after dark, with her hows projecting 40 feet ahead of the tug, and in that manner towed through ice in the North river, during which a hol<> was cut through two planks in her bow. which caused her to sink speedily. The manner of towing, in effect, placed most, of the…
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