O'Keefe v. Staples Coal Co.
District Court, D. Massachusetts
In Admiralty. Suit by John S. O’Keefe and others against the Staples Coal Company. On exceptions of County of Bristol to the libel and to petition filed by respondent under admiralty rule 59.
1Opinion of the Court
DODGE, District Judge.
The libelants seek to recover damages for injuries to their schooner Sarah L- Thompson, caused by alleged negligence on the part of the respondent’s tug Cohannet in towmg the schooner. The negligence complained of is in bringing the schooner into collision with the “new county bridge, which spaus me Taunton river at Fall River.”
The respondent has filed a petition in the case, which alleges that the oAvners of the bridge referred to (othenvise called “Brightman Street bridge”), are wholly responsible for the collision and ought to be sued for the resulting damages.…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Hill v. City of BostonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1877
- Workman v. New York CitySupreme Court of the United States · 1900
- Atlee v. Packet Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1875
- The BarnstableSupreme Court of the United States · 1901
- Greenwood v. Town of WestportDistrict Court, D. Connecticut · 1894
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Holmes v. Crowell & Thurlow S. S. Co.District Court, W.D. Washington · 1924
- The West PointDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1947
- O'Keefe v. Staples Coal Co.District Court, D. Massachusetts · 1911
- State Road Department v. United StatesDistrict Court, N.D. Florida · 1948
- The Alex. Y. HannaDistrict Court, D. Delaware · 1917
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