Central R. v. Pennsylvania R.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of Yew York. In Admiralty. Libel by tbe Pennsylvania Railroad Company against the Central Railroad Company of Yew Jersey to recover damages for the collision of a scow with a bridge abutment. Decree for libelaut. Respondent appeals. 59 Fed. 190, affirmed.
1Per curiam
In disposing of this appeal, we do not find it necessary to pass upon the question of the competency of the evidence received in the court below respecting the signal codes, or regulations adopted by other railway companies operating drawbridges in Die vicinity of the appellant's bridge. It was the duty of the appellant, in exercising its right to maintain a drawbridge over navigable waters, to respect the rights of the public, and in this behalf to exercise reasonable care, not only not to impede the safe navigation of passing vessels, but also to obviate any unnecessary delay to such…
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- United States v. Sabine Towing & Transportation Co.District Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1968
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