The Arturo
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts
In Admiralty. Damage. On the morning of the twenty-fourth of February, 1879, the Italian barkentine Arturo was lying at the pier of the Grand Junction wharf, in East Boston, known as No. 5, or the Elevator pier, where she had received her cargo, and was soon to proceed to England; but, being notified that her berth was wanted, her master desired to be towed to the wharf of the Eastern Eailroad Company, which lies up the harbor in a north-westerly direction.
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In Admiralty. Damage. On the morning of the twenty-fourth of February, 1879, the Italian barkentine Arturo was lying at the pier of the Grand Junction wharf, in East Boston, known as No. 5, or the Elevator pier, where she had received her cargo, and was soon to proceed to England; but, being notified that her berth was wanted, her master desired to be towed to the wharf of the Eastern Eailroad Company, which lies up the harbor in a north-westerly direction. A channel suitable for all classes of vessels has been dredged to the Grand Junction wharves; but to the southward and eastward there is…
1Opinion of the CourtLowell, C. J.
The careful collection of authorities by counsel will save me the necessity of citing thorn. They do not decide the precise question of this case. Two tugs, belonging to different owners, are sent to tow a vessel under a general order for towage given by her master through other persons. If the owners of the tug first spoken to undertook to do the work, or cause it to he done, they may be regarded as the sole contractors, hound by their undertaking to see that it is properly done, and they would bo personally liable for any negligence, defect in machinery, disobedience of orders, or whatever…
2Cited by14 opinions
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- The W. G. MasonCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1905
- Thompson Towing & Wrecking Ass'n v. McGregorCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1913
- Hercules, Inc. v. Stevens Shipping Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
- United States v. Certain Subfreights Due Steamship NeponsetDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1924
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