U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, 1918

Franklin Transp. Co. v. Great Lakes Towing Co.

Franklin Transp. Co. v. Great Lakes Towing Co.
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · Decided February 28, 1918 · Buffington, Cuiham, Mepherson, Woolley
248 F. 1019; 160 C.C.A. 362; 1918 U.S. App. LEXIS 1498

Franklin Transp. Co. v. Great Lakes Towing Co.

Opinion of the Court

PER CUIHAM.

This appeal by the Franklin Transportation Company, as owner of the barge Alexander Maitland, is from a decree dismissing a libel wherein the Great Lakes Towing Company is charged with negligent towage. The opinion of the District Court will bo found in 237 Fed. 432, particularly on page 441 et seq., and we see no occasion to discuss the subject further than Hiere appears. We have examined the record with care, and agree wiili Judge Haight’s findings of fact and conclusions of law. The decree Is affirmed.

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