Maier v. Publicker Commercial Alcohol Co.

BARD, District Judge.

This is a libel in personam to recover the cost of removing from libellant’s vessel, partially submerged in the navigable waters of the Delaware River and from the channel at the foot of Packer Avenue, a large amount of industrial waste discharged by respondent’s alcohol plant into these navigable waters.

Jurisdiction is conferred upon this Court by Section 24(3) of the Judicial Code.

I make the following special

Findings of Fact:

1. Libellant, B. J. Maier, a Pennsylvania citizen trading as Great Eastern Metal Company, has engaged in the business of salvaging and scrapping…