McWilliams Transit, Inc. v. Henjes

GALSTON, District Judge.

On the night of February 14, 1942, the tug Gerd II. Ilenjes towed the barges Mack and William C. Rouse from Mill Basin, picking them up between 10 and 10:45 P. M. At that time the barges were arranged in tandem with the Rouse the head boat. The latter was consigned to the Pennsylvania stake boat off Ellis Island, and the former to the Edgewater coal dock in New Jersey. At the stake boat the Rouse was dropped off and the tow then proceeded up the North River with the Mack made fast to the tug on two stern lines about 30 or 35 feet in length, leaving approximately 25…