Legal Opinion

Crain Bros. v. Wieman & Ward Co.

Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Decided June 8, 1955No. Nos. 11534, 11535, 11545, 11546Published

1Opinion of the Court

McLAUGHLIN, Circuit Judge.

In August 1950, Crain Brothers, Inc., was the owner of two steel hopper barges which the district court found it leased to Union Barge Line Corporation. The court further found that Union agreed to and did transport coal by means of those barges for the Wieman and Ward Company, a wholesale coal dealer, from Huntington, West Virginia. En route to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania the barges sank in the Ohio River, the first (No. 330) on August 17, 1950 and the second (No. 325) on August 18, 1950.

In appeal Nos. 11,535 and 11,546, Wieman and Ward brought suit against the Union…

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McAllister v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
The" North Star"Supreme Court of the United States · 1882
Smith v. Nicholson Transit Co.District Court, W.D. New York · 1941
National Dredging & Lighterage Co. v. Turney Transp. Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1922
Smith Scow Corp. v. Seaboard Great Lakes Corp.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1945

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