Legal Opinion
Cornell Steamboat Company v. United States of America, Cornell Steamboat Company, as Owner of the Cornell No. 20, Libellant-Appellee v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided August 5, 1957No. 230, 231, Dockets 24227, 24228PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GALSTON, District Judge.
The Cornell Steamboat Company sued in two actions to recover the sum of $25,000 for damage to its tug Cornell No. 20, allegedly caused by the negligence of the United States acting through the members of the United States Coast Guard and the Department of the Army.
The United States appeals from both the judgment entered in the civil action and the final decree entered in the admiralty suit, awarding half damages to plaintiff-libellant.
On the civil side, the action was under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C.A. §§ 1346 and 2671 et seq., in which negligence of.the…
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