Legal Opinion
Swenson v. Buffalo Barge Towing Corp.
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided March 10, 1933No. 13062PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GALSTON, District Judge.
The libel alleges that the barge Thomas Sheridan, Jr., while in tow of the steamtug Primrose, was damaged by the negligence of the tug, as the Primrose and her tow, on or about August 22,1929, were approaching the railroad bridge at Tonawanda, bound east on the New York State Barge Canal.
The towage resulted from a contract made between the Buffalo Barge Towing Corporation and the owner of the barge. Pursuant to that agreement the owner placed his barges at the disposal of the Buffalo Barge Towing Corporation for the canal season of 1929. The towing company assumed the…
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