Legal Opinion
The Helen
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided July 1, 1921Published
In Admiralty. Tib els by J. P. Clark against the steamship Helen and the steam tugs W. S. Holbrook, S. W. Holbrook, White Ash, and A. S. Sherman, and by Burns Bros, against the steamship Helen, the the Hull Insular Steamship Company, claimant, with the Holbrook Towing Tine, Inc., and others impleaded.
1Opinion of the Court
LYNCH, District Judge.
At the conclusion of the trial I stated as follows:
*936“As I view the facts, the mistake was made in attempting to take the Helen out under the conditions which existed at that time. I cannot find that the tugs made any mistakes in what they did. There is no evidence, certainly not sufficient evidence, on which to base a decision that the tugs acted improperly, or did things which they should not have done. They did everything that was expected of them. But something was attempted which should not have been attempted. The Helen, while under the direction of Capt. Snyder,…
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- The Eugene F. MoranSupreme Court of the United States · 1909
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