Legal Opinion
The Willie
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided December 29, 1904PublishedCited by 4 opinions
In Admiralty. Suits against barge for damages.
1Opinion of the Court
ADAMS, District Judge.
The first of the above entitled actions was brought by the General Chemical Company, the owner of some 489 tons of copper pyrites ore, to recover the damages caused by the careening of the barge Willie and a dumping of a large part of said ore on or about the 3rd day of December, 1901, at about 2 o’clock in the morning, from the deck of the barge, which was engagéd in removing a part of the cargo of the steamship Thrift, while she was lying inside of the breakwater in Erie Basin.
The second action was brought by the owner of the said steamship to recover for the damages…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Hamilton v. The William BranfootDistrict Court, D. South Carolina · 1892
3Cited by4 opinions
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- Roessler & Hasslacher Chemical Co. v. Nypania Transp. Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1924
- Seaboard Equipment Corp. v. Red Star Towing & Transportation Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1919