The Atlantic City
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of South Carolina, at Charleston; Henry A. Middleton Smith, Judge. Suit in admiralty by George E. Jones, master and part owner of the schooner William Thomas Moore, against the steamer Atlantic City; Thomas P. Hammer, claimant, and J. T. Jacobs, master and agent. Decree for libelant, and claimant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
KNAPP, Circuit Judge.
Tlie case in outline is this: In January, 1914, the Hammer Lumber Company chartered the schooner William Thomas Moore, of which one George E. Jones was master and part owner, to take a cargo of lumber from its mill at Little River, S. C., to the city of New York. Accordingly, in March following, the schooner came to Little River light and was towed tO' the wharf of the lumber company. The loading was completed the 26th of that month, and on the morning of the 28th the schooner was taken in tow by the steamer, or steam tug, Atlantic City, for the purpose of towing ber down…
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