Legal Opinion

The Ice King

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Decided November 12, 1919No. 16PublishedCited by 16 opinions

Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. Petition in admiralty of the Cornell Steamboat Company, as owner of the tug Ice King, for limitation of liability. Decree denying limitation, and petitioner appeals.

1Opinion of the Court

WARD, Circuit Judge,

f 1] This is a petition of the Cornell Steamboat Company, owner of the tug Ice King, to limit its liability for damage to scows M47 and M48, owned by the Morris & Cummings Dredging Company, and their cargoes, in tow of the tug on a trip from New York City to the dumping grounds and return. The tug was under time charter from the Steamboat Company to the Dredging Company, but was manned and navigated by the Steamboat Company. She had a double crew, and it is proved that just before starting from New York, December 24, 1913, about 7 p. m., the master and assistant engineer…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Luckenbach v. W. J. McCahan Sugar Refining Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1918
  2. Pendleton v. Benner LineSupreme Court of the United States · 1918
  3. Capitol Transportation Co. v. Cambria Steel Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1919
  4. Line v. PendletonCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1914
  5. The LoyalCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1913

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Cullen Fuel Co. v. W. E. Hedger, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1933
  2. The No. 34.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1928
  3. The Cullen No. 32Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1932
  4. In Re Pennsylvania R. Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1931
  5. Leach v. Hedger Transp. Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1933

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