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Citations

• 221 F. 625
• 137 C.C.A. 349
• 1915 U.S. App. LEXIS 1366

Syllabus

<p>1. Collision ©=>71—Leaving Tow at End or Pier—Liability for Collision.</p> <p>Tugs held not in fault for leaving some of a fleet of barges composing a tow at the end of Packer Pier, Communipaw, while they distributed others, and not liable for a collision between a moving tug and one of the barges in a fog; it appearing that it was a customary place to leave tows under such circumstances, and that the fog did not set in until later.</p> <p>I Ed. Note.—For other cases, see Collision, Cent. Dig. § 101; Dec. Dig. ©=>71.]</p> <p>2. Colusión ©=>71—Tug and Barge at End of Pier—Fog.</p> <p>A tug held in fault for collision in a dense fog with one of a number of barges tied up at the end of a pier, for moving at such speed that she could not stop after seeing the pier and barge. The barge also held in-fault for not making some signal to denote her presence and position in tho fog, there being no tug in attendance.</p> <p>[Ed. Note.—For other cases, see Collision, Cent. Dig. § 101; Dec. Dig. ©=>71.</p> <p>Collision with or between towing vessels and vessels in tow, see note to The John Englis, 100 C. C. A. 581.]</p> <p><S=3l'or other cases see same topic & KEY-NUMBER in all Key-Numbered Digests & Indexes</p>