The Maggie
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New Vork. Suit in admiralty for collision by Abraham Silver, assignee of the Bowns-Pattison Transportation Company, owner of the boat Maggie, and of W. H. Toilette, owner of the boat Pickett, against the Morris & Cummings Dredging Company, with the Lehigh Valley Transportation Company, owner of the tug Mahanoy, impleaded.
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Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New Vork. Suit in admiralty for collision by Abraham Silver, assignee of the Bowns-Pattison Transportation Company, owner of the boat Maggie, and of W. H. Toilette, owner of the boat Pickett, against the Morris & Cummings Dredging Company, with the Lehigh Valley Transportation Company, owner of the tug Mahanoy, impleaded. Decree for libelant against both respondents, and the Morris & Cummings Dredging Company appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
ROGERS, Circuit Judge.
A decree has been entered in the court below awarding to the libelant the sum of $2,282.28 as damages to the coal boats Maggie and Pickett, which damages were sustained in a collision, and dividing the damages equally' between the appellant, found in fault, and the Eehigh Valley Transportation Company, the owner of the tug, Mahanoy, also found in fault. The Eehigh Transportation Company was brought in by the appellant under rule 59 (29 Sup. Ct, xxxii).
The collision occurred in Arthur Kill, in the vicinity of Holland Hook. During the night of January 24, 1914, the tug…
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- The WyomissingCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1916