Legal Opinion

Delaware Dredging Co. v. Graham

District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania

Decided July 2, 1930No. 81PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

KIRKPATRICK, District Judge.

On the afternoon of June 19, 1929, the tug J. D. Graham took the libelant’s scow No. 3 and launch No. 6 in tow, tandem, in the order named, at Howell’s Cove near Gloucester and proceeded with them down the Delaware river bound for Wilmington. There were no employees of the libelant upon any •of the vessels, and the scow and launch passed into the exclusive custody and control of the respondent at the beginning of the journey. Before delivery to the tug, the scow had been loaded by the libelant’s employees with some 4,000 feet of dredging pipe, weighing about 30…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Southern Railway Co. v. PrescottSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
  2. Southgate v. Eastern Transp. Co.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1927
  3. Doherty v. Pennsylvania R.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1920
  4. Schoonmaker Conners Co. v. Lambert Transp. Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1920
  5. Terry & Tench Co. v. Merritt & Chapman Derrick & Wrecking Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1909

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Commercial Molasses Corp. v. New York Tank Barge Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941
  2. Sumsion v. Streator-Smith, Inc.Utah Supreme Court · 1943
  3. Soby Construction, Inc. v. Skjonsby Truck Line, Inc.North Dakota Supreme Court · 1979
  4. The White CityCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1931
  5. Commercial Corp. v. NY Barge Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941

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