Legal Opinion
Patapsco Scrap Corporation v. Maryland Shipbuilding & Dry-Dock Company
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided June 16, 1959No. 7876_1PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SOBELOFF, Chief Judge.
During Hurricane Hazel a ship broke away from her moorings in Baltimore Harbor, and ran into and damaged a nearby pier. The Maryland Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, owner of the pier, filed a libel in admiralty against Patapsco Scrap Corporation, owner of the ship, the S.S. Isaac T. Mann, which was then in the process of being scrapped. The District Court gave judgment in favor of the pier owner in the agreed amount of the damage, $86,000.
At the trial the libellant rested its case after offering in evidence certain pleadings and answers to interrogatories to show the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- McAllister v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- The LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1866
- Weeks v. Wilson Transit Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1894
- United States v. South Carolina State Highway DepartmentCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1948
- The NewaCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1920
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- Long Island Railroad v. Carfloats New York Central No. 25District Court, S.D. New York · 1960
- Dammers & Van Der Heide Shipping & Trading (Antilles) Inc. v. Steamship Joseph LykesDistrict Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1969
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