The Wyomissing
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern Disti'ict of New York. Suit in admiralty for collision by James Morrow and Herman Harjes, owner of the barge Meta Harjes, against the tug Wyomissing, the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Company, claimant, with the Morris & Cumings Dredging Company impleaded. Decree against the Wy-omissing, and her claimant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
WARD, Circuit Judge.
March 28, 1914, the tug Wyomissing with a hawser tow of twenty-five light boats in six tiers of four each and one tailing on behind was on her way from Port Eiberty, N. Y., to Port Reading, N. J. The tide was ebb, and as she approached Elizabeth-port, in the Kills, her helper tug, the Pencoyd, went on the starboard side to keep the tow as it rounded the bend on the Staten Island side at Holland Hook or Dooley’s Point from swinging against the Iron dock on the New Jersey shore. Dredge No. 7, belonging to the Morris & Cumings Dredging Company was at work at a point half a…
2Cited by2 opinions
- Jova Brick Works, Inc. v. City of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1921
- The MaggieCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1917