Otts v. I. M. Ludington's Sons, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeals from the District Court of the United States for the Western District of New York. Suit in admiralty by Joseph W. Otts, individually and as trustee and bailee of the cargo late laden on the canal boat Cumberland, against I. M. Ludington’s Sons, Incorporated, and George W. Beeman, in which the Mannheim Insurance Company intervened, with cross-libel against the canal boats Cumberland, Columbia, Syracuse, and Oswego, in which Lena Beadle, mortgagee, intervened; also…
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Appeals from the District Court of the United States for the Western District of New York. Suit in admiralty by Joseph W. Otts, individually and as trustee and bailee of the cargo late laden on the canal boat Cumberland, against I. M. Ludington’s Sons, Incorporated, and George W. Beeman, in which the Mannheim Insurance Company intervened, with cross-libel against the canal boats Cumberland, Columbia, Syracuse, and Oswego, in which Lena Beadle, mortgagee, intervened; also suit by Charles Nicholson, individually and as trustee and bailee of the cargo late laden on the canal boat C. E. Collard,…
1Opinion of the Court
COXE, Circuit Judge.
[1] These appeals and cross-appeals bring here for review a final decree which holds in fault Eudington & Sons and George W. Beeman for the disaster which befell the canal boats Collard and Cumberland. The canal boats were also held in fault. Ludington’s Sons' and Beeman were held jointly liable with the libel-ants and therefore the damages and costs were equally divided between the wrongdoers. In the case of the Cumberland the respondents were directed to pay jointly one half and the tow, jointly, the other half. In the case of the Collard the respondents I. M.…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Huntley v. Empire Engineering Corp.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1914
3Cited by2 opinions
- Eazor Express, Inc. v. United StatesDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1980
- Amendola v. United StatesDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1945