Legal Opinion
The C. W. Patterson
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided May 14, 1934No. 389PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
L. HAND, Circuit Judge.
On May 1,1933, the tug, “Harry P. Keel-er,” with two sea-going barges in tow, was steaming east in Block Island Sound a little beyond Watch Hill. The first boat was the libellant’s barge “Patterson” on a hawser of one hundred and fifty fathoms, followed by the “Annie,” at a like interval. The weather was becoming thicker and the tug concluded, wisely as all now agree, to turn about, and make for New London Harbor, the nearest shelter. To do she had to go along the outside of Fisher’s Island and then turn north around Race Rock Light. The tug was off the light at about…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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