The Aurora
District Court, W.D. Wisconsin
In Admiralty. Suit by the Barnett & Record Company against the barge Aurora; Henry Wineman, Jr., owner. Decree for respondent.
1Opinion of the Court
SANBORN, District Judge.
Final hearing on libel in rem against the barge Aurora for quantum meruit for the services of two tugs *560and two lighters rendering service to the barge June 29; 1910, while stranded near Split Rock, in the vicinity of Two Harbors, on the north shore of Take Superior. The barge was in tow of the steamer City of Berlin, carrying coal, and during a thick fog both vessels went ashore. The circumstances under which the services of the boats were rendered were as follows:
The owner, Mr. Henry Wineman, Jr., a resident of Detroit, Mich., shortly before the accident in question,…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Logemann v. The WestoverDistrict Court, E.D. Wisconsin · 1896
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- Pacific Mail S. S. Co. v. Waimanalo Sugar Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1910