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ROSS v. CORNELL STEAMBOAT CO.
    (Circuit Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.
    November 2, 1906.
    Rehearing Denied December 31, 1906.)
    No. 32.
    Collision — Tug with Tow and Anchored Dredge — Mutual Faults.
    A tug coming down the Hudson river at night with a long tow held in fault for a collision between her tow and a dredge anchored at the side of the- channel in a position known to the tug, and the dredge also held in fault for remaining at night in a place where by reason of a bend in the river it was difficult for vessels with long tows to pass her in safety.
    [Ed. Note. — For cases in point, see Cent. Dig. vol. 10,- Collision, § 79.]
    Appeal from District Court of the United States for the District of New Jersey.
    For opinion below, see 143 Fed. 166.
    
    Charles D. Thompson, for P. Sanford Ross.
    J. Parker Kirl-in, ior Cornell Steamboat Co.,
    Before DARLAS, GRAY, and BUFFINGTON, Circuit Judged.
   PER CURIAM.

These are cross-appeals from a final decree of the District Court for the District of New Jersey in a cause civil and maritime.

The libelant was the owner of a dredge, and in his libel he sought to recover damages from the respondent for a collision between the dredge, which was anchored in the Hudson river, and one or more of a string of barges in tow of the respondent’s steamboat. The court below found both parties at fault, and divided the damages between them. In approving this decision, we adopt the reasoning of the learned judge upon which it is founded, as set forth in the full and satisfactory opinion filed by him and to be found in 143 Fed. 166.

The decree of the court below is affirmed.