THE S. & H. NO. 2, INC.

No. 269.

119 F.2d 666 (1941)

THE S. & H. NO. 2, INC. THE S. & H. NO. 2. THE LACKAWANNA.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

May 12, 1941.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Foley & Martin, of New York City (James A. Martin and Christopher E. Heckman, both of New York City, of counsel), for libellant-appellant.

Bigham, Englar, Jones & Houston, of New York City (Andrew J. McElhinney, of New York City, of counsel), for claimant-appellees.

Before L. HAND, AUGUSTUS N. HAND and CHASE, Circuit Judges.


AUGUSTUS N. HAND, Circuit Judge.

On February 26, 1938, the libellant's tug, S. & H. No. 2, was proceeding up the East River, with a scow in tow on hawsers. When she turned to land at the pier at the foot of Roosevelt Street, Manhattan, to pick up another barge, she was struck by a carfloat, in tow of the claimants' tug Lackawanna, which had been coming up astern between her and the Manhattan shore. The trial judge held that the case was one of special circumstances...

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