Dittmar v. Sargent
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. Libel in admiralty hy William D. Dittmar against Donald J. Sargent, with the Red Star Towing & Transportation Company, impleaded. From a decree dismissing the libel, libelant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
MACK, Circuit Judge.
Appeal by libelant, the barge owner, from a decree dismissing his libel, both as to the respondent charterer and *238the impleaded towing company, which under engagement with the charterer, had towed her from New York to Stamford, Conn. The coal barge was chartered December 5, 1917, under the usual demise charter with the captain’s services for an indefinite time for a trip to Stamford, Conn. She was loaded at Port Reading and delivered at New-town Creek. There she was taken in tow, on January 16, 1918, by the towing company’s tug. On January 18th she was towed to a safe place…
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