The Golden Rod
District Court, E.D. New York
In Admiralty. Suit for collision by the C. F. Harms Company, as owner of the barge Crow, against the steam tugs Golden Rod and Transfer No. 20. Decree for libelant against the Golden Rod alone.
1Opinion of the Court
CHATFIELD, District Judge.
[1] The libelant is the owner of a barge which, without fault on its part, was injured! while in tow of the tug Golden Rod by collision with a float, then being towed on the port side of the tug Transfer No. 20, in Hell Gate, upon the 15th day of January, 1911. There being no fault on the part of the barge, and the Golden Rod and Transfer having both been brought in, the case develops into charges of fault by the Golden Rod against the Transfer, and counter charges by the Transfer against the Golden Rod.
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2Cases cited3 opinions
- The New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1899
- Duluth S. S. Co. v. Pittsburg S. S. Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1910
- United States v. Erie R.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1909