The Begona II
District Court, D. Maryland
In Admiralty. Eibel by Ezequiel Echevarria, master of the steamship Begona II, against the tug Mary P. Riehi and the car float T, claimed by the Atlantic Transport Company.
1Opinion of the Court
ROSE, District Judge.
The facts of the collision out of which this case arises were told in an opinion handed down some time since. (D. C.) 241 Fed. 285. Both the ship and the tug were held in fault for the *920collision between the former and a car float in tow of the latter. Both tug and float belonged to the Atlantic Transport Company. It seeks to limit its liability to the value of the tug. The owners of the damaged cargo on the ship say that it must surrender the float as well.
In the Sixth and Ninth circuits their contention would prevail. The Columbia, 73 Fed. 226, 19 C. C. A. 436;…
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- The Eugene F. MoranSupreme Court of the United States · 1909
- Short v. The ColumbiaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1896
- The W. G. MasonCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1905
- Thompson Towing & Wrecking Ass'n v. McGregorCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1913
- The Erie Lighter 108District Court, D. New Jersey · 1918
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