Otto Marmet Coal & Mining Co. v. Fieger-Austin Dredging Co.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Appeals from the District Court of the United States for the Western Division of the Southern District of Ohio; Howard C. Hollister, Judge. Suit in admiralty for collision by the Otto Marmet Coal & Mining Company, owner of the steamboat Sallie Marmet, against the FiegerAustin Dredging Company, owner of the dredgeboat Northern No. 2, With cross-libel. From a decree dividing damages, both parties appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
COCHRAN, District Judge.
[ 1 ] The litigation involved in these appeals grew out of a collision in Manchester chute of the Ohio river, about 73 miles above Cincinnati, near midnight, September 1, 1914, between the towboat Sallie Marmet and her tow, consisting of 13 barges loaded with coal and two flats, owned by the Otto Marmet Coal & Mining Company, which was descending the river, and the dredging plant of the Fieger-Austin Dredging Company, consisting of the dredge Northern No. 2, two flats and scow, which was anchored therein. Each party claimed that the other was in fault and sought…
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