THE MAMEI

Nos. 8876, 8877.

152 F.2d 924 (1945)

THE MAMEI. THE MONTROSE. THE CASPIAN. MARTUG TOWING CO. v. EASTERN TRANSP. CO.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided December 28, 1945.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher E. Heckman, of New York City (Foley & Martin, of New York City, and Krusen, Evans & Shaw and T. E. Byrne, Jr., all of Philadelphia, Pa., on the brief), for Eastern Transp. Co.

Joseph W. Henderson, of Philadelphia, Pa. (Rawle & Henderson and Harrison G. Kildare, all of Philadelphia, Pa., on the brief), for the tug Caspian.

Howard M. Long, of Philadelphia, Pa. (Howard T. Long, of Philadelphia, Pa., on the brief), for Walling.

Before BIGGS, McLAUGHLIN, and O'CONNELL, Circuit Judges.


O'CONNELL, Circuit Judge.

This an an appeal from a District Court decree in the Admiralty which placed sole responsibility for collisional damages to the barge "Mamei" upon the tug "Montrose" and her owner, Eastern Transportation Company. The same decree held free from any liability for the collision the tug "Caspian" and her owner, Martug Towing Company.

The locus in quo is the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, at a point just east of Guthrie's Run Spillway...

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