P. Dougherty Co. v. United States. P. Dougherty Co‪.‬

Cross-appeals were filed from an Interlocutory Decree of the District Court ordering the United States to pay to The P. Dougherty Company one-half of the damages suffered by its barge, Harford, while in tow of the Coast Guard cutter Mohawk, in the course of a rescue operation at sea. The District Courts Decree was based on its determination that both the Harford and the Mohawk were negligent.