Legal Opinion
Hudson Valley Lightweight Aggregate Corp. v. Windsor Building & Supply Co.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided October 30, 1969No. 65 Ad. 495PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
LASKER, District Judge.
In this admiralty action, the owner of a barge brings suit against the demise-charterer and the towing company for damage to the barge while it was in the charterer’s possession and under tow by a tug.
Plaintiff, Hudson Valley Lightweight Aggregate Corp. (“Hudson Valley”), is the owner of the deck barge SOLITE NO. 5. Defendant Windsor Building and Supply Co., Inc. (“Windsor”) chartered the barge pursuant to an oral charter. Both Hudson Valley and Windsor were shipping aggregate (sand and gravel) to a construction site at West Point, New York, and Hudson Valley…
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- Alpine Forwarding Co. v. Pennsylvania R. Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1932
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- Ira S. Bushey & Sons, Inc. v. W. E. Hedger & Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1930
- South, Inc., as Owner of the Vega, Libellant-Appellant v. Moran Towing and Transportation Co., Inc., Tug Christine Moran, Her Engines, Etc., and Tug Claire A. Moran, Inc., Claimant-Appellee. Moran Towing and Transportation Co., Inc., Cross-Libellant-Appellee v. South, Inc., Cross-Respondent-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1966
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Hudson Valley Lightweight Aggregate Corp., as Owner of the Deck Barge Solite No. 5 v. Windsor Building and Supply Co., Inc. And Tug Callanan No. 1Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1971