Legal Opinion
Brooklyn Eastern Dist. Terminal v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided January 11, 1932No. 72PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
L. HAND, Circuit Judge.
The only questions raised by this appeal are the amount of damages suffered by the libelant. Its tug, the Integrity, was injured by the collision, and both parties were held jointly liable. The commissioner to whom the computation of damages was referred made an award of six items, of which three are here in dispute. These were the “demurrage,” which was fixed at $11,700; the settlement of a salvage claim at $1,250; the settlement of a death claim at $9,000. It will be more convenient to state the facts as to each item seriatim.
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