Legal Opinion
Peace River Phosphate Mining Co. v. Mulqueen
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided January 2, 1923No. 1572PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHNSON, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a decree of the District Court of Massachusetts in which the appellant, as owner of the steam tug De Witt C. Ivins, was held solely at fault for the loss on December 11, 1916, of the barges Frances Mulqueen, Electra, and St. Daniels and their cargoes of coal, under á contract by the tug to tpw them from New York to Boston.
The owner filed a petition for limitation of liability in case the tug should be found at fault, and this was allowed. The only question raised by the appeal is whether the loss was occasioned by the negligence of the tug in the…
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