Kinetic v. New York Towing & Transportation Corp.

WOOLLEY, Circuit Judge.

This ease arose out of a collision in Newark Bay between scows in tow of the Steam Tug “Kinetic” and the lighter “Ken-c-ors” in tow of the Steam Tug “Philip J. Kenny,” causing damage to the lighter and loss of her eargo owned by the Ford Motora Company.

The corporate owner of each tug filed a petition in the District Court to limit its liarbility to the value of its tug at the time of the collision and each owner, charging the tug of the other with the sole fault, claimed exoneration from all liability. The cases were consolidated and tried together. At the trial, after…