Bouchard Transp. Co. v. Pennsylvania R.

HAND, Circuit Judge.

The libel was in personam for damages to the scow Grandpa, which occurred while she was in the custody of the respondent to be towed from Ninety-Fourth street in the East River to South Amboy, where she was to obtain a cargo of coal. At about half past 8 in the evening of December 5th the tug Mercer, belonging to respondent, picked up the scow at Ninety-Fourth street and East River and took her to Thirty-First street. After a pause she towed her to the stakeboat Ox, which lies east of Liberty Island in Upper .New York Bay, where she arrived at about half past 10. There the…