SHAW v. EASTERN TRANSP. CO.

No. A-16262.

52 F.Supp. 202 (1943)

SHAW v. EASTERN TRANSP. CO. et al. THE RUTH SHAW.

District Court, E. D. New York.

October 7, 1943.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Macklin, Brown, Lenahan & Speer, of New York City (Gerald J. McKernan, of New York City, of counsel), for libelant.

John R. Stewart, of New York City, (Christopher E. Heckman, of New York City, of counsel), for Eastern Transp. Co.

Foley & Martin, of New York City (Christopher E. Heckman, of New York City, of counsel), for Card Towing Line, Inc.


BYERS, District Judge.

The seagoing barge Ruth Shaw, being lightly laden with riprap, filled and sank in the Atlantic Ocean off Jones Inlet about 1 a. m. on November 11, 1939. She was in tow of the tug Rowen Card, and in this cause her owner seeks recovery for the loss, from the tug's owner, and the charterer, Eastern Transportation Company.

The faults specified against the tug are:

(a) Continued navigation in rough waters off Fire Island Inlet, when...

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