Legal Opinion
The Williamsport
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided February 3, 1909No. 30PublishedCited by 1 opinion
In Admiralty. ‘Suit for-collision. On final hearing.
1Opinion of the Court
J. B. McPHERSON, District Judge.
This is a libel to .recover damages for á collision -which occurred about 20 minutes before 1 o’clock in the early morning of April 11, 1902, between the' steamship Williamsport, of which the Philadelphia & Reading Railway Company was the permanent charterer, and the middle barge in a string of three that were being towed by the tug Plymouth, of which the Central Railroad of New Jersey is the OAvner and claimant. The facts are as follows:.The Williamsport is a steamship of about 910 tons register, hailing from the port of Philadelphia. Upon the night in…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- The Albert DumoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1900
- The Admiral SchleyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1904
- The George L. GarlickDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1898
- Delaware, L. & W. R. v. DonnellCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1899
- Taylor v. CrossleyCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1897
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Alcoa S. S. Co. v. PublicoverDistrict Court, N.D. New York · 1947