FRANK J. COLEMAN, District Judge.
The collision in suit between the steamer President Hayes and the tow of the tug American Eagle occurred in the Hudson river off pier 32, Manhattan, on August 16, 1928, at about 4 p. m. The steamer had backed from her slip in Hoboken and was straightening out to proceed to sea when the tug coming downstream with a hawser tow of three barges in tandem attempted to pass under her stern, and the first barge collided with the steamer...
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