The Bulley
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. In Admiralty. Libels by the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company and by Mesick & Mesick, Incorporated, and’others against the steam tug Bulley, Owen McCaffrey’s Sons, claimant. Decrees for respondent, and libelants appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
MANTON, Circuit Judge.
The steam tug Bulley left Newtown creek with three coal-laden scows on the 13th of February, 1912, about 8:15 in the evening. The scows were the Ernest E. Wright, owned by the libelant Anthony O’Boyle, the Cullen No. 150, owned by the Cullen Barge Corporation, and the Harry W. Walker, owned by Mesick & Mesick, Incorporated. She was bound for Long Island Sound ports. The three boats were abreast of each other on a hawser; the Wright being the port boat, the Walker the middle'boat, and the Cullen the starboard boat. It was a dark night and the tide *32strength flood. Although…
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