The George Hughes
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of New York. Suit in admiralty by the Morris & Cumings Dredging Company against the steamtug George Hughes, Decree for respondent, and libelant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
COXE, Circuit Judge.. On the evening of Ju"né 19, 1906, the tug George Hughes left New York, having in tow the mud scows No. 40 and No. 36, bound for the dumping ground about two miles southeast of the Scotland Lightship. The scow No. 36 was at the ta.il of the tow. Between 1:30 and 2:10 a. m. of the 20th, the tug reached a point about three-quarters of a mile from the Lightship when, as a result of unusually heavy ground swells, the rear scow, No. 36, broke adrift and went on the beach some three hours later.
The libelant charges negligence, first, because the tug did not discover that.No. 36…
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