Legal Opinion
United States v. The Westervelt
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided November 15, 1955PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
. WEINFELD, District Judge.
This libel was filed against Meseck Towing Lines, Inc. and three of its tugs to recover damages for the repair of a telephone submarine cable running from the Battery to Ellis Island allegedly resulting from the respondents’ negligence. The damage was caused by the anchoring of the S.S. Coastal Liberator.
The Liberator, owned by the libellant, was being transported as a “dead ship” from Brewers Dry Dock in Staten Island" to a loading berth in the East River, Brooklyn. She was being maneuvered by the three respondent tugs. One *598tug was on either bow and one on the port…
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- The ManchionealCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1917
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