Legal Opinion
Cary-Davis Tug & Barge Co. v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided October 12, 1925No. 4623PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McCAMANT, Circuit Judge.
On the 15th of August, 1922, the President McKinley was moored in the West Waterway at Seattle, with her port side to the dock and her bow headed southerly. Appellant was employed to furnish a tug to assist the vessel in leaving her berth and backing into the waters of. Elliott Bay. The McKinley was a large vessel, 534 feet long, with a beam of 72 feet. A steam schooner was moored about 25 feet astern of the McKinley on the same side of the Waterway. The navigable channel at this point is about 525 feet wide.
Appellant furnished the tug Oregon, which passed its line to…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- The Sicilian PrinceDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1904
- Conrad v. California & M. S. S. Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1923
- Sorenson v. Alaska S. S. Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1918
- Butler v. Pacific Mail S. S. Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1923
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