The R. G. Townsend
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. Libel in admiralty by Donald J. Sargent against the steam tug R. G. Townsend, her engines, etc.; the Cornell Steamboat Company, claimant. Decree for claimant, and libelant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
MANTON, Circuit Judge.
The appellant is the managing owner of the scow Willis G. Townes. The appellee owned the steam tug R. G. Townsend, which is 80 feet long, 8 feet 5 inches in depth, and 40 years old. On the 23d of January, 1918, the R. G. Townsend left Edgewater about 9:30 o’clock p. m., having 11 scows in tow, loaded with coal bound for Newton Creek. The scows were made up in tiers, three abreast. The Townes was the starboard hawser scow. The winter of 1917-1918 was one of the coldest experienced in and about the harbor and river of New York, and the ice floe was very heavy. ‘At the time…
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