The Brittania
District Court, E.D. New York
In Admiralty. Suit by Mary E. Doherty, as owner of the barge Johnnie Doherty, against the steamtug Brittania, the Knickerbocker Towing Company, claimant. Decree for libelant.
1Opinion of the Court
CHATEIELD, District Judge.
The barge Johnnie Doherty was in the service of the Knickerbocker Ice Company on the 29th day of May, 1911. She had on board some 300 tons of ice, which was to be taken to the workhouse upon Blackwell’s Island. This boat is 106 feet long, 26 feet wide, and has sides 12 feet in height. She has a capacity of 650 tons, and draws when loaded 91/i> feet. Her captain estimates that upon the afternoon in question she drew some 7 feet of water, and was in reasonably good condition. The upper tiers of ice had been taken out at East Fifth street. New York, and the tug…
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