New York & Hastings Steamboat Co. v. Compania Sud Americana De Vapores

MANTON, Circuit Judge.

On May 29, 1926, in the slip between Piers 29 and 30, Brooklyn, the lighter Tamarack sank after receiving a cargo of copper bars from the steamship Teno. The appellant Thomas Kent, Inc., was the stevedore engaged in unloading the steamship Teno, a twin screw steamer of Chilian registry. She docked at Pier 29, moored bow in, with her port.side to the pier. She carried a general cargo, some of which was copper bars, which were stowed in No. 5 hold, the aftermost of the .vessel. While the cargo was loaded on the Tamarack, she was alongside the Teno, abreast of the No. 5…