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THE WYOMISSING

2 F.Supp. 954 (1933)

THE WYOMISSING. THE ASHBOURNE. Petition of READING CO.

District Court, D. New Jersey.

January 6, 1933.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Macklin, Brown, Lenahan & Speer, of New York City (J. D. Eggleston, of New York City, of counsel), for petitioner.

Insley, Vreeland & Decker, of Jersey City, N. J., and Lynn Wandless & Lanter, of New York City (Berwick B. Lanier, of New York City, of counsel), for receivers of New Jersey Shipbuilding & Dredging Co., and New Jersey Salvage & Dredging Co., and charterers of Drill Boat No. 4.

FAKE, District Judge.

The issues involved here arise on petition in an admiralty proceeding for exoneration and limitation of liability.

The tug Wyomissing, having in tow twenty-nine light coal boats made up of seven tiers of four boats abreast and one boat tailing behind the last tier, was proceeding down the Arthur Kill. A helper, the Ashbourne, was made fast on the starboard side of the tow abreast of the starboard boat of the sixth tier. They were on an...

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