Legal Opinion
Beard v. Marine Lighterage Corp.
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided January 31, 1924PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CAMPBELL, District Judge.
These are three suits in admiralty all relating to various phases of wharfage which the libelants in each suit are seeking to recover, their right so to do being denied in each suit.
The motion of the impleaded respondent, Lloyd Royal Beige Société Anonyme, for leave to amend its answers to conform to the proof that the cargo in question was not bound to ports on the Central Vermont Railroad, is granted.
The right to collect wharfage is a right which has been recognized in admiralty from the earliest times, and it has been repeatedly held that the wharfinger has a…
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