Baker-Whiteley Coal Co. v. Neptune Nav. Co.

Citations

• 120 F. 247
• 56 C.C.A. 83
• 1903 U.S. App. LEXIS 4485

Syllabus

<p>1. Admiralty — Appeal—Review of Findings of Fact.</p> <p>Where the objection on appeal to a decision in admiralty is that It is based on a fact found by the lower court, the decision will not be reversed unless it clearly appears that there was error.</p> <p>3. Towage — Injury of Tow — Liability of Tug.</p> <p>A steamship lying in a slip without steam up employed a tug to take her out and move her to another location, a service which required especial care because of the presence of other vessels in the slip. The tug borrowed a hawser from the ship, which broke, and the ship was injured by striking against a pier. Held, that the tug, which was in her home port, was bound to provide herself with proper equipment, and could not charge the injury in whole or in part to the fault of the ship on the ground that the hawser was insufficient.</p> <p>¶ 1. See Admiralty, vol. 1, Cent. Dig. § 770.</p>