Cornell Steamboat Co. v. P. Sanford Ross, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeals from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. Libel filed by the Cornell Steamboat Company against P. Sanford Ross, Inc., and the steam tug R. J. Moran,' her engines, etc. Under the fifty-third rule in admiralty, P. Sanford Ross, Inc., petitioned in the steam tugs G. H. Dalzell, Holbrook, W. S. Holbrook,'and A. S. Sherman, and Fred B. Dalzell & Co., Inc., Holbrook Towing Line Inc., W. S. Holbrook, and the steamship Isanti.
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Appeals from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. Libel filed by the Cornell Steamboat Company against P. Sanford Ross, Inc., and the steam tug R. J. Moran,' her engines, etc. Under the fifty-third rule in admiralty, P. Sanford Ross, Inc., petitioned in the steam tugs G. H. Dalzell, Holbrook, W. S. Holbrook,'and A. S. Sherman, and Fred B. Dalzell & Co., Inc., Holbrook Towing Line Inc., W. S. Holbrook, and the steamship Isanti. The Cahill Towing Line, Inc., owner of the steam tug R. J. Moran petitioned for limitation of liability, which was granted. A…
1Opinion of the Court
MANTON, Circuit Judge.
One decree, as entered in the court below, granted a limitation of liability to the Cahill Towing Line, Inc., as owner of the steam tug R. J. Moran on its petition, and fixed its value at $5,500. The appellant, as owner of the steam tug J. C. Hartt, and P. Sanford Ross, Inc., as owner of the scow 9-S, have each been allowed a recovery of one-half of this sum. In the other decree, the libel against P. Sanford Ross, Inc., and the petitioned-in appellees was dismissed.. On May 2, 1919, the Moran left Shadyside, N. J., with two loaded mud scows in tow on a hawser tandem, and…
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