THE SOCONY NO. 9

No. 138.

74 F.2d 233 (1934)

THE SOCONY NO. 9. THE JOYCE CARD. THE PAUL CARD.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

December 17, 1934.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Macklin, Brown, Lenahan & Speer, of New York City (Paul Speer, of New York City, of counsel), for the Socony No. 9.

Foley & Martin, of New York City (James A. Martin and John R. Stewart, both of New York City, of counsel), for The Paul Card and The Joyce Card.

Chauncey I. Clark, of New York City, for libelant.

Before MANTON, L. HAND, and SWAN, Circuit Judges.


L. HAND, Circuit Judge.

The cause of suit here on appeal arose out of a collision on March 23, 1929, in a dense fog at the mouth of the Kill van Kull, close beside the St. George Ferry racks. The injured vessel, the Conemaugh, originally a freighter built during the war, but later converted into a tanker, had been at Bayonne and wished to be towed out through the Kill to the Upper Bay. For this purpose, being without steam, she hired the two Card tugs to take her...

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