Sargent Line Corp. v. Tug Pottsville

DAWSON, District Judge.

This trial involves the consolidation of two admiralty actions both of which concern the same collision. The barge WILLIAM C. DOWNING, while in tow of the tug POTTSVILLE, collided with the barge MARY T. CAREY, while in tow of the tug WILMA S. The collision occurred at about 8:45 P.M. on the evening of July 11, 1961 in the East River, approximately 250 feet off the India Street dock on the Brooklyn shore.

One action is by Sargent Line Corporation, as owner of the barge WILLIAM C. DOWNING, against the Reading Company, as owner of the tug POTTSVILLE, and the Peerless Oil &…