White Oak Transportation Co. v. Boston, Cape Cod & New York Canal Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
certiorari to the circuit court' of appeals for the FIRST CIRCUIT. Certiorari to decrees of the Circuit Court .of Appeals, the one holding the petitioner Transportation Company liable to the- respondent Canal Company’ for damages found.to have resulted from negligence of the petitioner in.the management of its vessel in the respondent’s canal; the ether exonerating the respondent Canal Company from liability to the petitioner Coal Company for the loss of a cargo contained in…
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certiorari to the circuit court' of appeals for the FIRST CIRCUIT. Certiorari to decrees of the Circuit Court .of Appeals, the one holding the petitioner Transportation Company liable to the- respondent Canal Company’ for damages found.to have resulted from negligence of the petitioner in.the management of its vessel in the respondent’s canal; the ether exonerating the respondent Canal Company from liability to the petitioner Coal Company for the loss of a cargo contained in the same vessel.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Holmes
On December 13, 1916, the' steamer Bay Port, while passing through the Cape Cod Canal, ran ashore on the south bank and the next day sank diagonally across it. In January; 1917, the Canal Company filed a libel against' the White Oak Transportation Company, the owner of the steamer, to recover for damages suffered by the canal and the obstruction of traffic through it. It also filed a libel against the T. A. Scott Company, Inc., a wrecking company, for negligence in dealing with the steamer after it had grounded; but this company has been exonerated and is not before us. In May, 1917, the…
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