Legal Opinion
Berwind-White Coal Mining Co. v. City of New York
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided April 30, 1943No. 168PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CHASE, Circuit Judge.
The libellant’s coal barge Eureka No. 72 was sunk when she grounded on submerged piles at the north side of Pier 99, Hudson River, on March 3, 1939. It sued the City of New York, in the admiralty of the District Court for the Southern District of New York, as owner of the pier. The city impleaded both the tug Admiral Dewey, owned by the libellant, and since the latter owned that tug it was stipulated that any negligence of the tug should be imputed to the Eureka No. 72, and the New York Central Railroad Company which owned the land under water immediately adjacent to the…
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