Lehigh & Wilkesbarre Coal Co. v. Hartford & New York Transp. Co.
District Court, S.D. New York
In Admiralty. Suit by the Lehigh & Wilkesbarre Coal Company against the Hartford & New York Transportation Company. Decree for libelant.
1Opinion of the Court
MAYER, District Judge.
Having already disposed of the case in so far as the facts are concerned, decision was reserved upon a single question. That question is whether on the facts and the law the responsibility for marking the wreck was shifted by respondent from itself to the government or its officials. For the purposes of this opinion, the following facts may be stated:
On June 3, 1913, Barge 22, owned by respondent, was run into by the steamship Eddie. She subsequently sank to the northward of Red Buoy 14, marking the extreme eastern side of the channel, running along the anchorage ground…
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- The MacyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1909
- Second Pool Coal Co. v. People's Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1911
- People's Coal Co. v. Second Pool Coal Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Western Pennsylvania · 1910
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