The F. B. Squire
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeals from the District Court of the United States for the Western District of New York. Suits in admiralty by Walter U. Kennerdell, by Frank Preston, and by George Hackemer, Jr., an infant, by bis guardian ad litem, against the steamship F. B. Squire; the Jenkins Steamship Company, claimant. Decrees for libelants, and claimant appeals. Final decrees in admiralty were entered in the District Court for the Western District of New York.
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Appeals from the District Court of the United States for the Western District of New York. Suits in admiralty by Walter U. Kennerdell, by Frank Preston, and by George Hackemer, Jr., an infant, by bis guardian ad litem, against the steamship F. B. Squire; the Jenkins Steamship Company, claimant. Decrees for libelants, and claimant appeals. Final decrees in admiralty were entered in the District Court for the Western District of New York. The steamship Squire, laden with wheat, arrived at her port of destination (Buffalo) with a small portion thereof wet. Tiiis damage ivas ascertained before…
1Opinion of the CourtHough, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts as above).
[1] The record contains some direct evidence that the winchman hoisted the draft so rapidly that it could not be guided clear of the hatchcovers. On conflicting testimony regarding matters which must all have occurred in a few seconds, the trial judge believed that this unnecessary and dangerous speed had occurred, and found therein the proximate cause of disaster. It is not possible to reconcile the stories of the few witnesses herein who- could speak of the accident itself, and without exception their testimony is the reverse of disinterested. It is easy…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Standard Oil Co. v. AndersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1909
- Brookheim v. GreenbaumCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1915
- New England S. S. Co. v. New York Dock Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1913
3Cited by9 opinions
- Petterson Lighterage & T. Corp. v. New York Central R. Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1942
- Illinois Cent. R. Co. v. JohnstonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1920
- McCall v. Overseas Tankship Corp.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1955
- Brown v. Chicago Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1926
- Johnson v. CooperCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1949
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