The Soerstad
District Court, S.D. New York
In Admiralty. Libel of the Skibsakties Soerstad, owner of the bark Soerstad, against the Moran Towing & Transportation Company.
1Opinion of the Court
LEARNED HAND, District Judge.
The bald question raised by this case is whether a tug owner, who has agreed to tow a vessel, may limit his responsibility under section 18 of the Act of June 26, 1884, c. 121 (Comp. St. § 8028), when in performance of that contract the tug negligently collides with and sinks the tow. The libelant’s position depends upon what it supposes to be the effect of Pendleton v. Benner Line, 246 U. S. 353, 38 Sup. Ct. 330, 62 L. Ed. 770, and Luckenbach v. McCahan Sugar Co., 248 U. S. 139, 39 Sup. Ct. 53, 63 L. Ed. —. In each of these cases the owner was held liable without…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Luckenbach v. W. J. McCahan Sugar Refining Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1918
- Richardson v. HarmonSupreme Court of the United States · 1911
- Pendleton v. Benner LineSupreme Court of the United States · 1918
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