Legal Opinion
Alpine Forwarding Co. v. Pennsylvania R. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided July 21, 1932No. 437PublishedCited by 73 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
L. HAND, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiff owned a barge which it orally demised to the defendant from day to day on a per diem hire, the bailor to furnish a bargee, the bailee to pay him and use her at its pleasure, and to return her at the end of her service. There was no express promise to return in good condition. Nine months later the defendant was -towing- her, lightly laden, on the starboard side of a tug wilh a lighter outside, and two lighters on the tug’s port side, from Greenville, New Jersey, to Brooklyn. The lug liad put the lighters at their several slips, and with the barge alone was…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Claflin v. . MeyerNew York Court of Appeals · 1878
- Schoonmaker Conners Co. v. Lambert Transp. Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1920
- Mulvaney v. King Paint Mfg. Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1919
- Pariso v. TowseCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1930
- Cummings v. Pennsylvania R. Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1930
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3Cited by73 opinions
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- Milton R. Psaty, and Martin M. Psaty v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1971
- United Business Corporation v. Commissioner of Int. Rev.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1933
- Buchanan v. ByrdTexas Supreme Court · 1975
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