The Westerly
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of Rhode Island; Arthur L. Brown, Judge. Rihel by Hattie Dailey and others against the steam tug Westerly, claimed by the Westerly Towing Company. From a decree dismissing- the libel, libelants appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
DODGE, Circuit Judge.
The steam tug Westerly undertook to tow the appellants’ canal boat Elmer D. Walling, laden with paving stones, from Westerly, R. I., to Stonington, Conn. While proceeding up the Pawcatuck river, the tug having the canal boat lashed to her port side and projecting about 40 feet ahead of her bow, the canal boat grounded on an obstruction, which so damaged her bottom that she filled and sank thereon, with her cargo, thus sustaining the damages for which her owners seek to recover. This happened during the afternoon of November 22, 1913. The libel was filed January 10, 1914,…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Boston, C. C. & N. Y. Canal Co. v. Staples Transp. Co.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1917
3Cited by3 opinions
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