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THE T. J. HOOPER

53 F.2d 107 (1931)

THE T. J. HOOPER. THE NORTHERN NO. 30 and NO. 17. THE MONTROSE. Petition of EASTERN TRANSP. CO. NEW ENGLAND COAL & COKE CO. v. NORTHERN BARGE CORPORATION. HARTWELL & SON, Inc., v. SAME.

District Court, S. D. New York.

October 15, 1931.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Foley & Martin, of New York City (James A. Martin and John R. Stewart, both of New York City, of counsel), for Eastern Transp. Co.

Crowell & Rouse, of New York City (E. Curtis Rouse, of New York City, and John W. Oast, Jr., of Norfolk, Va., of counsel), for Northern Barge Corporation.

Blodgett, Jones, Burnham & Bingham, of Boston, Mass., and Kirlin, Campbell, Hickox, Keating & McGrann, of New York City (Charles S. Bolster, of Boston, Mass., of counsel), for H. N. Hartwell & Son and New England Coal & Coke Company.

COXE, District Judge.

These cases grow out of the foundering of the coal barges Northern 17 and Northern 30 in a storm off the New Jersey coast in March, 1928. Libels have been filed by the owners of the coal on the two barges for cargo loss against the barge owner. The owner of the tugs T. J. Hooper and Montrose has also instituted limitation proceedings, in which it seeks to be relieved from liability, and, at the same time, denies fault. In these limitation proceedings...

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