S. H. Harmon Lumber Co. v. The Warrior
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of California. In Admiralty. Libel by the S. II. Harmon Lumber Company and others, owners' of the schooner Sailor Boy, against the steam tug Warrior, (the Wilmington Transportation Company, claimant,) for damages to the schooner, caused by stranding. Decree for libelee. Libelants appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
GILBERT, Circuit Judge.
On January 5, 1888, the steam tug Warrior undertook to tow the schooner Sailor Boy from the road-stead off San Pedro to a berth inside the bar. While crossing the bar the schooner was stranded, and suffered damage. The libel charges that the injury was caused by the negligence of the master of the tug in attempting to tow her over the bar at a time when the tide was ebbing, and the water was insufficient in depth; that the master of the schooner informed the master of the tug that the schooner’s draft was 14 feet 8 inches. The defense is that the master of the schooner…
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