Boston, Cape Cod & New York Canal Co. v. T. A. Scott Co.
District Court, D. Massachusetts
In Admiralty. lyibel by the White Oak Transportation Company against the Boston, Cape Cod & New York Canal Company together with libels by the Canal Company against the Transportation Company, and a libel and intervening petition against the T. A. Scott Company, Incorporated.
1Opinion of the Court
MORTON, District Judge.
This litigation arises out of the two Standings of the steamer Bay Port in the Cape Cod Canal. The determination of the causes of those accidents and the responsibility for them will, in effect, dispose of most of the questions presented by the somewhat involved pleadings in the three cases.
The Bay Port was a whaleback steamer, 265 feet long, carrying about 2,400 tons of coal. On the evidence now before the court she appears to have been a staunch vessel, properly manned, supplied, and equipped. No failure of her mechanism entered into either accident. She steered as…
2Cited by2 opinions
- White Oak Transportation Co. v. Boston, Cape Cod & New York Canal Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1922
- Guinan v. Boston, Cape Cod & New York Canal Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1924