Legal Opinion
Adams v. Construction Aggregates Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided October 3, 1956No. 307, Docket 24006PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HINCKS, Circuit Judge.
Two steamships, the Sandcraft, a 265 foot sand dredge owned by Construction Aggregates Corporation, and the Mel-rose, a 444 foot liberty type freighter owned by Charles Francis Adams et al. as Trustees, came into collision in clear weather, at night, July 2, 1950, in New York Harbor. The owners of both vessels petitioned for a limitation of liability and these petitions were consolidated with a libel brought by the owners of the Melrose and a cross libel filed by the owners of the Sandcraft. From a decree holding both vessels at fault and dividing the damages, both…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Reliable Transfer Co., Inc., and Cross-Appellant v. United States of America, and Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1974
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- Matter Of Charles Francis AdamsCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1957
- Getty Oil Co. (Eastern Operations), Inc. v. SS Ponce De LeonCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1977
- Selcamerica, Inc. v. SS BARBERBROOKDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1975
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