NORTH RIVER BARGE LINE v. CHILE STEAMSHIP CO.

No. A 18841.

111 F.Supp. 895 (1953)

NORTH RIVER BARGE LINE v. CHILE STEAMSHIP CO. et al. The MARY L. McALLISTER.

United States District Court E. D. New York.

May 6, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Purdy, Lamb & Catoggio, New York City, by Edmund F. Lamb, New York City, advocate, for libelant.

Macklin, Speer, Hanan & McKernan, New York City, by Gerald J. McKernan, New York City, advocate, for respondent.

Foley & Martin, New York City, by Christopher E. Heckman, New York City, advocate, for respondent-impleaded.


BYERS, District Judge.

The libelant's wooden deck scow Creek sustained heavy ice damage while being towed by the tug Mary L. McAllister, off Hastings, New York, on the night of March 5, 1948. She was under charter (via Christie Scow Corporation) to respondent Chile, and the latter has impleaded the tug and her owner, upon the theory that liability if any was caused by improper towing by the McAllister tug, which had been engaged by Chile. The nature of that engagement...

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