British Columbia Mills Tug & Barge Co. v. Mylroie

This'case was begun by a libel in rem filed by A. W. Mylroie, the respondent herein, as owner of the American barge “ Bangor ”, and lawful bailee of its cargo, against the British tug “ Commodore ”, in the District Court of Alaska. The libel, as later amended, charged, in substance, that the Commodore was engaged in towing the Bangor on a voyage from the international boundary between British Columbia and the State of Washington to Anchorage, Alaska; that the tug at 2 o’clock in the' morning on March 26,1917, being then in Alaskan waters, and out • of her course in heavy wind and sea and a…