Clarkson Coal & Dock Co. v. Northern Lakes S. S. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of Minnesota; Page Morris, Judge. Libel by the Northern Lakes Steamship Company against the Clark-son Coal & Dock Company. From a decree for libelant, respondent appeals, and libelant cross-appeals, asserting the insufficiency of the damages.
1Opinion of the Court
YOUMANS, District Judge.
During the navigation season of 1914, the Northern Lakes Steamship Company owned and operated - the steamer Champlain. During the same season the Clarkson Coal & Dock Company owned and operated a eoa.1 dock with unloading rigs thereon at Duluth, Minn. The dock was known as the Clarkson dock. *182The last-named company was engaged in the business of receiving coal by-lake shipment and transporting it into the interior by rail.
The Clarkson dock is situated on the harbor front and extends out into the harbor from the shore 800, or 1,000 feet. It' is about 500 feet wide. On…
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