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BAXTER v. BUCHHOLZ-HILL CO.

No. 882.

227 U.S. 637 (1913)

BAXTER v. BUCHHOLZ-HILL TRANSPORTATION COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 10, 1913.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Arthur English, for defendant in error, in support of motion to dismiss or affirm.

Mr. Charles C. Burlingham, Mr. Norman B. Beecher and Mr. Ray Rood Allen for plaintiff in error, in opposition thereto.

Memorandum opinion by direction of the court. By MR. JUSTICE HOLMES.

This is an action brought by the Buchholz-Hill Transportation Company, defendant in error, against Baxter for failing to use due diligence in locating and marking a sunken coal barge with a buoy, as he had agreed to, by reason of which failure a tug ran into the wreck and was sunk. It is alleged that the owners of the tug libelled the barge in the admiralty...

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