The Brothers
District Court, N.D. Illinois
In admiralty. This was a libel by John C. Maxwell & Co., owners of the schooner Supply, against the tug Brothers and the propeller Lady Franklin, for damages by a collision in the Chicago river; the Lady Franklin having run into the Supply while the latter was in tow of the tug Brothers.
1Opinion of the Court
DRUMMOND, District Judge.
The facts in this ease are substantially as follows: Very early on the morning of the 4th of October, 1866, the steam tug Brothers took the scow schooner Supply in tow, just above Wells street bridge, in the Chicago river. The tug proceeded down the river and through the south opening of Rush .street bridge, in order to tow the Supply into the lake. About this time the propeller Lady Franklin was seen approaching the harbor. The tug with her tow went down on the. south side oi the channel, when seeing two vessels and a tug lying on the south side of the river at a…
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