THE NAT E. SUTTON

Nos. 10436, 10016, 9714.

42 F.2d 229 (1930)

THE NAT E. SUTTON. THE BLOOMFIELD. THE HOLBROOK. THE ARTHUR L. HABER. In re W. E. HEDGER CO., Inc. LEACH v. HEDGER TRANSP. CO., Inc. CANADA ATLANTIC GRAIN EXPORT CO., Inc., v. SAME.

District Court, E. D. New York.

June 24, 1930.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Macklin, Brown, Lenahan & Speer, of New York City (Edmund F. Lamb and J. Dudley Eggleston, both of New York City), for W. E. Hedger Co., Inc., and the Sutton and the Holbrook.

Otto & Lyon, of New York City (Henry E. Otto, of New York City, of counsel), for Canada Atlantic Grain Export Co., Inc.

Bigham, Englar, Jones & Houston, of New York City (Richard F. Shaw, of New York City, of counsel), for David E. Leach.

Single & Single, of New York City (Forrest E. Single and George B. Warburton, both of New York City, of counsel), for Hedger Transp. Co., Inc.

William F. Purdy, of New York City, for the Bloomfield.


BYERS, District Judge.

On October 14, 1926, a tow was proceeding east through the Barge Canal, made up of the tug Nat Sutton, and the barges Bloomfield, Haber, Mercer and Lenahan, in the order named.

There were two hawsers leading from the stern of the tug to the first barge, of approximately 60 feet in length; the barges were close coupled, and, on the second and fourth, there were steering wheels rigged to affect the course of the tow by "pinching" or "crimping...

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