THE STIRLING TOMKINS

Nos. 232, 233.

56 F.2d 740 (1932)

THE STIRLING TOMKINS. SHAMROCK TOWING CO. v. CORNELL STEAMBOAT CO. JAMES A. MEENAN, Inc., v. SAME.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

March 7, 1932.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kirlin, Campbell, Hickox, Keating & McGrann, of New York City (Robert S. Erskine and Henry P. Elliott, both of New York City, of counsel), for appellant Cornell Steamboat Co.

Alexander, Ash & Jones, of New York City (Edward Ash and Lawson R. Jones, both of New York City, of counsel), for appellee Shamrock Towing Co.

Haight, Smith, Griffin & Deming, of New York City (Henry M. Hewitt, of New York City, of counsel), for James A. Meenan, Inc.

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


AUGUSTUS N. HAND, Circuit Judge.

The above two causes were tried together. In the first a libel was filed by Shamrock Towing Company as owner of the barge Curry to recover damages arising from the grounding of the barge when being towed by the tug Stirling Tomkins, of the Cornell Steamboat Company. In the second, a libel was filed by the owner of the cargo on the Curry to recover damages likewise due to the grounding.

The tow consisted of about twenty barges...

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