PETTERSON v. MUNSON INLAND WATER LINES

No. 279.

25 F.2d 720 (1928)

PETTERSON v. MUNSON INLAND WATER LINES, Inc. THE SARAH K.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

April 9, 1928.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Macklin, Brown, Lenahan & Speer, of New York City (Horace L. Cheyney, of New York City, of counsel), for appellant.

Rumsey & Morgan, of New York City (Frank A. Bernero, of New York City, of counsel), for appellee.

Before MANTON, SWAN, and AUGUSTUS N. HAND, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

Exceptions to this libel were sustained upon the theory that it did not state sufficient facts justifying the claim of a maritime tort. The libel set forth that the Sarah K, loaded while in the Mohawk river, was taken in tow with another boat, and that the river at the time was covered with ice, and progress of the tug with the boats in tow was very slow; that the boats became fast in the ice and stopped; that there were other barges belonging to the appellee...

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