The Peerless v. Easton & McMahon Transp. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of Maryland. This was a libel by tire Easton & McMahon Transportation Company against tire steamship Lord O’Neill and the steam tug Peerless, to recover for the loss of libellant’s barge. The district court found both vessels in fault, and ordered the damages to be divided. The claimants of the Peerless appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
BRAWLEY, District Judge.
The steam tug Peerless, having in tow four barges laden with coal, was proceeding up the Chesapeake Bay on the night of the 6th of July, 1893, when at a point abreast of the mouth of the Potomac river, at about half past 9 o’clock, the British steamship Lord O’Neill, going down the bay, col-*78lirled with and sank the barge Mamie A. Br-ady, one of the barges in tow, the owner of which has libeled both tug and steamship. The court below, holding both to be at fault, has adjudged that the damages be divided, and from this decree the owners of the Peerless have appealed.…
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