New Jersey Barging Corp. v. T. A. D. Jones & Co.

LUMBARD, Circuit Judge.

This is a proceeding in admiralty brought by petitioner, New Jersey Barging Corp., a Delaware corporation, for exoneration from or limitation of liability with respect to an incident which occurred on September 27, 1954 at New Haven, Connecticut. On that day petitioner’s barge, the Perth Amboy No. 1, under charter to the James McWilliams Blue Line, Inc., was loading a cargo of oil at the docks owned by respondent T. A. D. Jones and Company, Inc. The barge was loaded beyond capacity and as a • result a large quantity of oil was spilled into the New Haven harbor. This oil…