The Elk

BRADFORD, District Judge.

A libel was filed by Edward Mcll-vaine, master of the barge Elk, against the steam-tug Carbonero to recover damages resulting from a collision between the two vessels in the Delaware River on the night of December 9, 1895. Subsequently on the petition of the master of the Carbonero the steam-tug A. R. Cray was under rule 59 in admiralty made a party defendant. The Elk at the time of the collision was in tow of the Gray. The court below held that both, the Carbonero and the Cray were at fault, and decreed that the damages sustained by the libelant should be . equally…