Legal Opinion
Manhattan Lighterage Corp. v. Moore-McCormack Line, Inc.
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided April 8, 1940No. Nos. 16104, 16249PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
INCH, District Judge.
Libellant, Manhattan Lighterage Corporation, in the first suit, owned the derrick lighter Biltmore, which on October 3, 1940, sunk, while alongside of Pier 32, North River, and dumped over a cargo of pickled beef in barrels belonging to the Canada Packers, Ltd., which is the libellant in the second suit.
The Manhattan (so referred to for convenience) sued both the City of New York, as the owner of Pier 32, and the MooreMcCormack Line, Inc., a steamship company (referred to as the Steamship Company), one of whose steamships, the Brazil, had brought the cargo of pickled beef…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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- Old Dominion S. S. Co. v. City of New YorkDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1921
3Cited by2 opinions
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