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THE PEJEPSCOT

No. A-15587.

36 F.Supp. 25 (1940)

THE PEJEPSCOT. THE BARBARA RUXTON.

District Court, E. D. New York.

December 3, 1940.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mahar & Mason, of New York City (Frank C. Mason, of New York City, of counsel), for libelant.

Macklin, Brown, Lenahan & Speer, of New York City (Richard F. Lenahan and Charles F. Welch, both of New York City, of counsel), for claimant.

GALSTON, District Judge.

On January 19, 1939, the tug Pejepscot took in tow the light barge American Tar, at Elizabethport, bound for Gowanus Canal. The barge was on the tug's port side and extended beyond the tug about eighty feet. The tide was ebb and the tug was proceeding at the rate of about seven miles per hour over the ground. At some point between Port Richmond and West Brighton, Staten Island, Hansen, the man at the wheel, observed the Ruxton off the docks...

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