The Eleanore
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Michigan; Arthur J. Tuttle, Judge. Suit in admiralty by Harris "W. Baker, owner of the barge Eleanore, against the steamer J. Pierpont Morgan; the Pittsburg Steamship Company, claimant. Decree for claimant, and libelant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
McCAEE, District Judge.
On the night of October 3, 1914, the barge Eleanore, 180 feet long, "35 feet beam, and 10 feet extreme depth, property of libelant, Baker, lay moored near a concrete crib, which was being constructed on or near the easterly margin of Eiv-ingston Channel, in the vicinity of the mouth of the Detroit river. *473About 11 o’clock on the night in question, the steamer J. Pierpont Morgan, a steamer 600 feet long, 58 feet beam, and 27.4 feet depth, property of the Pittsburg Steamship Company, passed down through the channel, when the barge was torn from her moorings, went against…
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