The Bee
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeals from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. These two causes were heard together. They arose out of a collision ber tween the scow Delaware, owned by the contracting company, in tow of the Booth, and the scow No. 20, in tow of the Bee, the last-named tug and tow being owned by the B. G. Packard Company.
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Appeals from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. These two causes were heard together. They arose out of a collision ber tween the scow Delaware, owned by the contracting company, in tow of the Booth, and the scow No. 20, in tow of the Bee, the last-named tug and tow being owned by the B. G. Packard Company. A decree was entered in the first suit in favor of the contracting company against both tugs for $1,983.66; both tugs appealed. In the second suit decree was entered in favor of No. 20 against the Booth for one-half damages, with interest and…
1Per curiam
The collision is thus described by the District Judge:
“The collision occurred off Bay Bidge, in the upper bay of New York, on September 7, 1902, about 1:30 a. m. The tug Alfred W. Booth was coming in from sea, having in tow two scows, tandem, the first one on a hawser of about 150 fathoms, and the second one, the Delaware, astern of the first scow, on another hawser of about 80 fathoms. The tug Bee was coming down the bay, having in tow two scows, one of them No. 20, also tandem, but close together, on a hawser of about 200 fathoms. Each of the tugs, when they were about half a mile apart,…
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