The E. Luckenbach

Citations

• 117 F. 977
• 1902 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 122

Syllabus

<p>1. T0'WAGE—Loss OF TOW—NEGLIGENCE OF TUG.</p> <p>The passage of Hell Gate by a large tug having two barges on each side is so perilous as to require both skill and favorable opportunity, and the choice by the master of making it in a dense fog, when there was opportunity to lay up in a safe place after the fog came on, was not justified by ordinary prudence, and renders the tug liable for the loss of one of the barges by striking on the rocks, caused by the failure to catch the proper tide.</p>