Legal Opinion
James Shewan & Sons v. New England Navigation Co.
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided July 31, 1907PublishedCited by 5 opinions
In Admiralty.
1Opinion of the Court
CHAT FIELD, District Judge.
The libelants are the owners and proprietors of a stationary, but floating, dry dock, located at the south side of a slip between the piers at East Fourth and East Fifth, streets, New York City. The dry dock consists of a pontoon or submerged structure, about 278 feet long, 90 feet wide, and about 11 feet deep. On this pontoon bulkheads arise for the entire length along each side, and the complete structure, up to a distance of about two feet from the top of the bulkheads, can be submerged to allow a vessel to pass in at the outside end of the dock. The total…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- The BridgeportSupreme Court of the United States · 1872
- The Chester W. ChapinDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1907
- Richards v. The OgemawDistrict Court, E.D. Wisconsin · 1887
- The Worthington & DavisDistrict Court, E.D. Michigan · 1883
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