James McWilliams Blue Line v. New York & Cuba Mail S. S. Co.

GODDARD, District Judge.

This suit arose from a collision between the steamship Yumuri and the tow of the tug Settei’, which occurred off Red Hook, which is on the Brooklyn side near the southerly entrance of Buttermilk Channel, on August 21,1926, at about 9:40 a. m.

A libel was filed by the James McWil-liams Blue Line as owner of the barges James A. McAllister, William S. McAllister, Blue Line, Blue Whale, and Blue Star against the steamship Yumuri. The New York & Cuba Mail Steamship Company, claimant of the Yumuri, impleaded the steamtug Setter, which was owned and operated by the James…