Napier Shipping Co. v. Panama R.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
In Admiralty. Appeal from the circuit court of the United States for - the southern district of New York, affirming pro forma a decree of the district court of the United States for the said district, dismissing the libel.
1Opinion of the Court
Wallace, Circuit Judge.
This is a suit by the Napier Shipping Company, the owner of the steamer Stroma, to recover of the respondent, the Panama Railroad Company, as a wharfinger, for injuries sustained by the steamer in consequence of the negligence of the respondent in assigning her to an unsafe berth. The respondent was the proprietor of piers No. 1 and No. 2, and the slip between these piers, in the harbor of Colon, Isthmus of Panama. It had been engaged in dredging in the slip, and had used for this purpose a steam dredge consisting of a shallow scow, upon which was a boiler, and near one…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Nickerson v. TirrellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1879
3Cited by2 opinions
- Morey v. City of New RochelleCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1918
- De Scala v. Panama Canal Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1963