Legal Opinion
United States Lighterage Corp. v. Petterson Lighterage & Towing Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided April 26, 1944No. 297PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Per curiam
The libellant chartered the Deck Scow “Jane Anne” to the respondent Petterson Lighterage & Towing Corporation under the ordinary New York Harbor charter terms, whereby libellant was to pay for the bargee and the charterer was to pay a specified price per day for the vessel. The “Jane Anne” when delivered wak tight, staunch and strong, but when she was returned a few days later had been damaged by fire. Thereupon the libellant filed its libel against the charterer to recover for the damage to the barge, and the latter brought the National Operating Company into the suit under the 56th Rule in…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Wood v. SaundersAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1930
- United States Lighterage Corp. v. Petterson Lighterage & Towing Corp.District Court, E.D. New York · 1943
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