The Marguerite W.

DUFFY, District Judge.

This is an action in admiralty, commenced by the petition of Lakehead Transportation Company, Ltd., for exoneration from or limitation of liability as owner of the steam tug “Marguerite W” and of the barge “Florence J”. The Kewaunee, Green Bay and Western Railroad - Company and Charles M. Thompson, Trustee of the property of the Chicago and North Western Railroad Company, who are the claimants herein, are the joint owners of a railway bridge extending across the Fox River in the city of Green Bay, Wisconsin.

September 17, 1940, was a bright, sunshiny day at Green Bay.…