Southern Transp. Co. v. Dauntless Towing Line

L. HAND, Circuit Judge.

The Dauntless Towing Line appeals from a decree in the admiralty holding it solely liable for a collision in the Kill van Kull on the night of November 27, 1942. The collision occurred close to the Staten Island shore, about 150 feet off the “Fighting Dock” — a dock 100 to 150 feet east of the Bayonne Bridge. The contact was between the libellant’s barge, “Cumberland,” made fast to the tug, “Calateo,” of the Canal Lakes Towing Corporation; and a tank barge, — the “Catherine O’Boyle”— made fast to the “Dauntless” of the Dauntless Towing Line. It resulted in substantial…