THE RUSSELL NO. 17

No. 16871.

53 F.Supp. 616 (1944)

THE RUSSELL NO. 17.

District Court, E. D. New York.

January 12, 1944.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Foley & Martin, of New York City (Christopher E. Heckman, of New York City, of counsel), for libellant.

Alexander & Ash, of New York City, for claimant.


GALSTON, District Judge.

The Maryland is a coastwise wooden barge without motive power of her own, 235 feet long, 40 feet in width. On July 7, 1943, while she was lying at anchor in the North River in the vicinity of the Edgewater coal piers, she was taken in tow by the tug Russell No. 17. The port side of the Maryland was tied up along the starboard side of the Russell. The sterns of the vessels were about on the same line, and the bow of the Maryland extended a...

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