Legal Opinion
Rice v. Schiavone-Bonomo Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided June 13, 1945No. 347PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SWAN, Circuit Judge.
This is a suit by the owner of a scow to recover from the charterer for damage done to the scow by some unknown vessel which collided with it while it lay moored to a dock in the East River. The appeal presents the question whether the undisputed evidentiary facts as found by the trial court justify the court’s conclusion that the damage was caused by the charterer’s negligence in mooring the scow with its bow projecting some 20 feet beyond the end of the dock.
On December 26, 1939 the parties entered into the usual form of harbor charter for an indefinite term at an agreed…
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- The CanimaU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York · 1885
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