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· 4/4/1907

The Ferguson

Citations

  • 153 F. 366
  • 82 C.C.A. 442
  • 1907 U.S. App. LEXIS 4418

Syllabus

<p>Towage — Towing Ship prom Dry Dock — Collision with Dock.</p> <p>Evidence considered, and held to establish the contention of a libelant' that a collision between a steamship and a dry dock from which the ship was being towed by a tug was due to the fault of the tug in hauling the stern too far to port and against the side of the dock, because of a miscalculation of the effect of a high wind blowing from that side.</p>

Judges: Coxe, Eacombe, Townsend

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