Mr. Justice GRIER delivered the opinion of the court.
The libellant in this case is owner of a steam-tug called the Zachary Taylor, or Hector.
The claimants are owners of the steam-tug Mabey.
At the time of this collision, on the 11th of August, 1854, they were both engaged in the business of towing vessels into the port of New York from the neighborhood of Sandy Hook.
The Hector was an old, heavy boat, some one hundred and eighty or one hundred...
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