Legal Opinion
Tice Towing Line v. James McWilliams Blue Line
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided April 4, 1932No. 294PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
L. HAND, Circuit Judge.
The respondent, McWilliams Blue Line, was the owner of two barges loaded with coal, which were moored on the night of February 5,1920, at the mouth of Newtown Creek. The fag, Overbrook, while drilling other boats at the docks, negligently set the barges adrift, and the libellant’s tug, Tieeline, rescued them and brought them back to a place of safety. On February 2, 1922, the libellant sued the McWilliams Line in personam for the salvage of both hulls and cargoes, and on February 8, 1922, the McWilliams Line under the Fifty-Sixth Buie brought in the Director General,…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- United States v. Cornell Steamboat Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1906
- Stratton v. JarvisSupreme Court of the United States · 1834
3Cited by11 opinions
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- Ryan Stevedoring Co. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1949
- Koppers Connecticut Coke Co. v. James McWilliams Blue Line, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1937
- People of the Living God v. Star Towing Co.District Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1968
- Lyons-Magnus, Inc. v. American-Hawaiian S. S. Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1941
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