The Wyomissing
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for tire Southern District of New York. Suit in admiralty by Thomas J. Howard and others against the steam tugs Wyomissing and Bern; the Philadelphia & Reading Railway Company, claimant. Decree for claimant, and libelants appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
WARD, Circuit Judge.
Appeal from decree dismissing libel for negligent towage. .October 20, 1913, between 9 and 10 p. m., the tugs Wyomissing and Bem, belonging to the Philadelphia & Reading Railway Company, left Port Reading with a flotilla of coal-laden boats, consisting of six tiers of four boats each. The scow Van Winkle, outside boat on the starboard side in the fifth tier, was carrying 1,372 tons of coal, giving her a draft of 14 feet. The railway company’s dockmaster at Port Reading knew that the scow was leaking when he put her in the tow, and indeed had received a message from the…
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