Legal Opinion
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation v. Cornell Steamship Company, of the Tug, Lion
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided April 7, 1959No. 25081_1PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAND, Circuit Judge.
The Cornell Steamship Company appeals from a decree in the admiralty of the District Court for the Southern District of New York, Murphy, J., presiding, holding its tug, “Lion,” solely liable for a collision with an “icebreaker,” constructed in the Hudson River to protect one of the abutments of the Thruway Bridge then being constructed by the libellant across the Hudson River in Tap-pan Zee. The “icebreaker” was at the north end of the eastern of two uncompleted abutments, and had been designed to fend off floating ice which might be carried down the river while the…
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