Rice v. Brooklyn Ash Removal Co.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeals from the District Court of the United Stales for the .Eastern District of New York. Libel and petition by the Reichert Towing Tine, Incorporated, owner of the steam lug James Roy, for limita!ioti of liability, to which the Home Insurance Company and others answered, filing claims, consolidated with a libel by Jacob Rice against the Brooklyn Ash Removal Company, which brought in the petitioner and the _ Moran Towing & Transportation Company.
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Appeals from the District Court of the United Stales for the .Eastern District of New York. Libel and petition by the Reichert Towing Tine, Incorporated, owner of the steam lug James Roy, for limita!ioti of liability, to which the Home Insurance Company and others answered, filing claims, consolidated with a libel by Jacob Rice against the Brooklyn Ash Removal Company, which brought in the petitioner and the _ Moran Towing & Transportation Company. From a decree limiting liability, etc., Jacob Rice, libelant, appeals, as did tlie claimants in the limitation proceedings.
1Opinion of the Court
WARD, Circuit Judge.
This is- a petition of the Reichert Towing Line, Incorporated, owner of the steam tug James Roy, for a limitation of liability under sections 4283-4285, U. S. Revised Statutes (Comp. St. 1916, ’§§ 8021-8023). January 5, 1915, the tug took in tow four scows loaded with dirt and ashes, in two tiers of two boats each, from Long Dock, Erie Basin, through Buttermilk Channel, East River, and Hell Gate, bound for Flushing creek. At about 10 a. m., in perfectly clear weather and light wind, when about 80 to 100 feet off Negro Point, the crank, pin of the crank shaft broke, and the…
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