Baltimore & Boston Barge Co. v. Eastern Coal Co.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of Massachusetts. Petition in admiralty for limitation of liability by the Baltimore & Boston Barge Company, owner of the steam tug Murrell. From a decree in favor of the Eastern Coal Company and others, claimants, petitioner appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
PUTNAM, Circuit Judge.
This appeal arose out of a decision, of the District Court for the District of I\1 assachusetts, holding the steam tug Murrell liable for loss of the coal barge West Virginia and her cargo of coal, by grounding on a shoal near or at Pollock Rip. The tug had two barges in tow, each loaded with coal. First was the Ivie, towed aft of the tug in the. usual manner on a long hawser; and the West Virginia followed the Ivie on another long hawser. The District Court held the tug liable for the loss of both the barge West Virginia and her cargo of coal.
The West Virginia was…
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