Legal Opinion
In re Pennsylvania R. Co.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided February 19, 1942PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
COXE, District Judge.
These proceedings grow out of the hurricane which swept over New York Harbor on the afternoon of September 21, 1938. At the height of the storm, two Erie Railroad lighters, Nos. 172 and 196, broke adrift in the slip between piers 2 and 3, Bush Docks, Brooklyn, and shortly thereafter collided with and pounded against the Pennsylvania Railroad lighter No. 225, which was at the time loaded with an airplane and airplane parts. As a result of the accident, the No. 225 sank, and her cargo was seriously damaged. There was also some relatively slight damage to the Lehigh Valley…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway Co. v. WallaceSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
- The LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1866
- Bank of Kentucky v. Adams Express Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1876
- The Ansaldo San Giorgio I v. Rheinstrom Brothers Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1935
- The LackawannaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1913
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- ElwoodDistrict Court, S.D. California · 1947