Hughes v. James Mcwilliams Blue Line

GALSTON, District Judge.

By stipulation at the trial these various actions were tried together; and a motion was made that they be consolidated. Decision was reserved on the motion. The proof indicates that only one decision is needed for all of the cases arose out of the towage of two scows loaded with scrap iron. The McWilliams Blue Line had obtained the contract for the towage and in turn turned it over to the Newtown Creek Company. The motion to consolidate is therefore granted.

A petition of the Newtown Creek Towing Company for limitation of liability sets forth that it is the owner of the…