Ramsey v. The Pohatcong
District Court, S.D. New York
This was a libel iryrem by Mai com Ramsey and others against the barge Pohatcong to recover compensation for alleged salvage serv-” ices.
1Opinion of the Court
BROWY, District Judge.
On the morning of June 20, 1806, the barges Pohatcong and Yayaug, partly laden with coal, in going up the East river in tow of the tug Scranton, grounded on Man-of-War Rock, near the end of the ledge running southerly from the southerly end of Blackwell’s Island. The Scranton returned to Hoboken to procure additional help in order to take the barges off the rock. While gone, the tug Ramsey, belonging to the libelants, came up and offered to pull the Pohatcong off. The captain, however, refused to receive any aid, saying his tug had gone to get help from the owners. The…
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