HOUSTON TOWING CO. v. UNITED STATES

No. 129.

23 F.2d 528 (1928)

HOUSTON TOWING CO. v. UNITED STATES. THE NECHES. THE STEADFAST.

District Court, S. D. Texas, at Houston.

January 2, 1928.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Newton Rayzor, of Houston, Tex., for plaintiff.

H. M. Holden, U. S. Atty., of Houston, Tex.


HUTCHESON, District Judge.

The steamship Steadfast, in charge of a pilot and assisted by the tug Neches on the Ship Channel at Parker's Bend, took a sheer to starboard, whereupon the pilot signaled the Neches to starboard its helm and get over to port to break the sheer, and also signaled the tug to hook her engines up and pull ahead at full speed. In the execution of this maneuver the tug fell astern, tripped on her line...

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