Legal Opinion
The Bessie J.
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided August 19, 1920No. 1714PublishedCited by 2 opinions
In Admiralty. Petition of the Boston Towboat Company for limitation of liability as owner of the barge Bessie J.
1Opinion of the Court
MORTON, District Judge.
This is a petition to limit liability brought by the Boston Towboat Company as owner of the barge Bessie J., which, by sinking on March 6, 1917, at the wharf of the Darrow-Mann Company, the damage claimant, in Boston, blocked the slip and caused damage. There is a cross-libel by the Towboat Company to recover damages from the Darrow-Mann Company for alleged improper loading. The facts are as follows:
The Bessie J. was a schooner built in 1879, acquired by the petitioner in 1912, and reconstructed as a barge. In 1914 and in 1916 repairs of rather extensive character were…
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