Legal Opinion
Moran Towing & Transportation Co. v. Raritan Copper Works
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided March 24, 1924PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WARD, Circuit Judge.
This suit was brought to recover for damage to libelant’s' scow Moran No. 10, a boat without motive power of her own, while under the ordinary harbor charter of demise at $12 a day, including the captain.
The law on the subject is well settled. The charterer is liable for any damage to the boat resulting from his own negligence or the negligence of any one to whom he intrusts her. The burden of proving negligence is upon the owner, but he makes out a prima facie ease if he can go no further than to show that the boat was damaged during the. charter period and then the…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Clark v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
- Schoonmaker Conners Co. v. Lambert Transp. Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1920
- White v. Upper Hudson Stone Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1917
- Hastorf v. F. R. Long-W. G. Broadhurst Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1917
- Wintringham v. . HayesNew York Court of Appeals · 1894
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Tomkins Cove Stone Co. v. Bleakley Transp. Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1930
- The Moran No. 10District Court, S.D. New York · 1924
- New England Foundation Co. v. Rugo Const. Co.District Court, D. Massachusetts · 1945