In re Southern Transp. Co.

WAY, District Judge.

In this proceeding, petitioner, Southern-Transportation Company, which company is engaged in the ownership and operation of tugs and barges in the coastwise trade, has filed its petition for limitation of or exoneration from liability. The material facts disclosed by the testimony are:

About 2:30 in the afternoon of January 23, 1933, petitioner’s tug Menominee sailed from Norfolk on a voyage to New York with the barges Anastasia, Ontario, and Charleston in tow. The Anastasia was the head barge, the Ontario second, and the Charleston last in the tow. The tug Menominee is a…