Legal Opinion
Lowery v. Hudson River Day Line, Inc.
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided May 18, 1955No. 19407PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GALSTON, District Judge.
This is a libel in rem and in personam to recover for damages sustained by the barges Inez Lowery and May Lowery by reason of excessive swells created by the negligent operation of the S.S. Peter Stuyvesant, owned and operated by the Hudson River Day Line.
On the afternoon of July 9, 1949 the diesel power canal barge, Frank A. Lowery, was bound north on the Hudson River with a tow of six barges.
These barges were on two hawsers of about 200 feet in length, running from the stern of the power boat to the bow of the head barge. The barges were made up in tandem fashion in…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- The PennsylvaniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1874
- The PortchesterCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1927
3Cited by4 opinions
- Universe Tankships, Inc. v. Pyrate Tank Cleaners, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1957
- Moran v. the M/V Georgie MayDistrict Court, S.D. Florida · 1958
- Indian Towing Co. v. Tankship Lyons CreekDistrict Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1960
- Lowery v. Hudson River Day LineCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1957