Ira S. Bushey & Sons, Inc. v. Standard Oil Co. Of California Red Star Barge Line, Inc. v. Standard Oil Co. Of California

L. HAND, Circuit Judge.

The Standard Oil Company of California, the owner of the tanker, “Tuttle,” appeals from two decrees in the admiralty, holding its vessel solely liable for a collision in the Kill van Kull, on April 1, 1947, between it and three barges in tow of the tug, “Flushing.” The opinion of Byers, J., 99 F.Supp. 63, 69, states the facts and issues with care and detail and we shall assume an acquaintance with it in what we say. He held “that the tow was proceeding to pass astern of the tanker, in a course which was nearly along the easterly edge of the channel, and that such…