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STEVENS v. THE WHITE CITY

No. 217.

285 U.S. 195 (1932)

STEVENS v. THE WHITE CITY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 14, 1932.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Neil P. Cullom, with whom Mr. William F. Purdy was on the brief, for petitioner.

Mr. Chauncey I. Clark, with whom Messrs. Florence J. Sullivan, Sanford H. Cohen and Frederic Conger were on the brief, for respondent.

MR. JUSTICE BUTLER delivered the opinion of the Court.

Petitioner, the assignee of the owner of a forty-five foot motorboat, the Drifter, filed a libel in admiralty in the southern district of New York against respondent to recover for injury sustained by the former while being towed by the latter. The court held that the tug was a bailee of the tow and that, it having been...

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