Stevens v. Maritime Warehouse Co.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. Dibel by William Stevens against the Maritime Warehouse Company, Incorporated. From a decree dismissing the libel, libelant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
HOUGH, Circuit Judge.
The libel alleges that in September, 1917, respondent maintained a warehouse, and a dock or bulkhead in front thereof, in the borough of Queens, New York City, commonly known as the Ravenswood dock.
At about 10 a. m. on the 1st of that month the lighter Dutch Boy arrived “opposite said warehouse and bulkhead,” and at about 11 a. m. was tied up to the said bulkhead for the purpose of discharging the cargo with which she was laden. At about 3 p. m. the lighter was discovered to- be listing heavily, and as the tide went out was “stranded on a rock or ledge or some other…
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