THE HARRIS NO. 2

Nos. 16284, 16430.

45 F.Supp. 282 (1942)

THE HARRIS NO. 2. THE RUSSELL NO. 20. HARRIS STRUCTURAL STEEL CO., Inc., v. S. C. LOVELAND CO., Inc., et al. S. C. LOVELAND CO., Inc., v. HARRIS STRUCTURAL STEEL CO., Inc.

District Court, E. D. New York.

May 18, 1942.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bigham, Englar, Jones & Houston, of New York City (Charles A. Van Hagen, Jr., of New York City, of counsel), for libelant.

Mahar & Mason, of New York City (Frank C. Mason, of New York City, of counsel), for S. C. Loveland Co., Inc.

Alexander & Ash, of New York City (Edward Ash, of New York City, of counsel), for Russell Bros. Towing Co., Inc.


GALSTON, District Judge.

These two causes were tried together pursuant to stipulation.

On February 15, 1941, the scow Harris No. 2, with cargo and equipment, sank while being towed by a Russell tug from Reedy Point, Delaware, to New York City. A few days before, the scow had been towed from Pope's Creek, Maryland, to Reedy Point by one of the Loveland tugs without incident.

The Harris Structural Steel Company, as owner of the scow or lighter and of...

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