The Murrell
District Court, D. Massachusetts
In Admiralty. Petition for limitation of liability by the Baltimore & Boston Barge Company, as owner of the steam tug Murrell.
1Opinion of the Court
DQDGF, District Judge.
The petitioner’s tug Murrell undertook to tow the barge West Virginia, laden with 2,100 tons of coal, from Newport News to Boston. Another barge, called the Ivie, was taken in tow on the same trip, and was towed next after the tug; the West Virginia being the last barge in the tow. During the voyage, while the tug and barges were proceeding in the order stated through Pollock Rip Slue, the West Virginia grounded and parted the hawser wherewith she was being towed. Whether it parted before or after the barge grounded is in dispute. The tug afterward towed the barge…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- The DelawareSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- The WildcroftSupreme Court of the United States · 1906
- The W. G. MasonCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1905
- Davidson Steamship Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1907
- The Somers N. SmithDistrict Court, D. Maine · 1903
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- The MariaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1937
- Consolidated Coal Co. v. Knickerbocker Steam Towage Co.District Court, D. Maine · 1912
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