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Admiralty- Collision- Damages Resulting From Disability Of Injured Vessels

Michigan Law Review

The dredge Raritan collided with the petitioner's steam tug Integrity. It was found that both vessels were at fault, and it was ordered that the damages to each vessel should be equally apportioned between the owners. The trial court allowed petitioner the market hire of its tug for the time it was disabled while being repaired. The Circuit Court of Appeals excluded this item. The petitioner did not use its vessels for hire generally. Nor was it shown that the vessel would have been let if it could have been chartered. Three tugs were used in the business of towing …