Dady v. Bacon

ADAMS, District Judge.

This action was brought by Michael J. Dady, as owner of the barge James L. Ogden and her cargo against Daniel Bacon, the charterer of the steamship Vimeira, to recover damages said to amount to $6,000, arising out of the loss of the barge with cargo, while being towed, on a hawser, by the steamship from New York to Cardenas, Cuba, on the 4th day of June, 1902.

The action is brought on a theory of the failure on the part of the respondent to fulfill the obligations of the towing contract, which, it is alleged, required the respondent to tow the vessel along the coast,…