Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. v. Metropolitan Sand & Gravel Corp.

BYERS, District Judge.

The steamtug Geo. H. Jackson capsized and sank in the waters of Newark Bay on October 30, 1945, at about 1:45 A.M., E.W.T., while engaged in assisting, or as ■the result of making an effort to assist, a • Metropolitan tow to make its way into the . channel running northeasterly from Shooters Island to the upper reaches of the Bay.,

These two causes, which were consolidated for trial, present the conflicting claims of the respective owners of the craft involved; in the first, recovery is sought for damages to the tug, for loss of the crew’s effects, and for salvage…