THE NO. 2

No. 419.

60 F.2d 733 (1932)

THE NO. 2. THE GEORGE WASHINGTON. ALLEN N. SPOONER & SON, Inc., v. EASTERN S. S. LINES, Inc.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

July 18, 1932.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Haight, Smith, Griffin & Deming, of New York City (Henry M. Hewitt and James McKown, Jr., both of New York City, of counsel), for claimant-appellee.

Before MANTON, SWAN, and CHASE, Circuit Judges.


CHASE, Circuit Judge.

On March 15, 1930, the steamship George Washington, a passenger steamship 389 feet long, was in collision with a derrick in tow of the tug Cambrai in the East River below Corlears Hook. The owner of the derrick sued the steamship; the tug was found solely at fault; and the libel was dismissed.

Just before the accident occurred, the Cambrai, a Diesel tug 65 feet in length, was going up the East River with a tandem tow consisting of the...

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