Great Lakes Towing Co. v. Alva S. S. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern Division of the Northern District of Illinois. Suit by the Alva Steamship Company and the Bartlett-Frazier Company against the Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company, in personam, and in rem against the tugs W. A. Field and North Harbor; the Great Lakes Towing Company, claimant. Decree for libelants against both respondents, and they separately appeal.
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Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern Division of the Northern District of Illinois. Suit by the Alva Steamship Company and the Bartlett-Frazier Company against the Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company, in personam, and in rem against the tugs W. A. Field and North Harbor; the Great Lakes Towing Company, claimant. Decree for libelants against both respondents, and they separately appeal. Appellee the Alva Steamship Company, as owner of the steamer Bradley, and appellee Bartlett-Fraz.ier Company, as owner of the cargo of 285,000 bushels of corn, each filed its libel…
1Opinion of the Court
EVANS, Circuit Judge.
Was the evidence sufficient to establish the liability of either appellant to either or both appellees ? This is the sole question for determination. Each appellant answers it in the negative, although admitting liability to both claimants, if any exists at all.
Very obviously the question presented by one appellant is quite different from that raised by the other. The owner of the tugs might be held, and the Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company relieved from liability, or vice versa, the tugs might be entirely free from fault, and the dredging company guilty of negligence.…
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