McWilliams Bros. v. Director General of Railroads
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeals from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. Suits in admiralty by McWilliams Bros., Incorporated, against the Director General of Railroads, operating the Pennsylvania Railroad and the steam tug P. R. R. 35. Decrees for libelant, and respondent appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
ROGERS, Circuit Judge.
Testimony on these two cases was taken on the same day in the court below. By stipulation of counsel it was agreed that the testimony taken in each might be used in the other. The trial disposed of both cases in a single opinion; the vital point in each case being the same. The cases were heard in this court together, and they will be determined here in one opinion.
The libel in the first case was against the Pennsylvania Railroad Company and against all persons lawfully intervening for their interests therein. In the second case it was filed against the steam tug P. R.…
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