Legal Opinion

Turner v. Wilson Line of Massachusetts, Inc.

District Court, D. Massachusetts

Decided May 17, 1956No. Civ. A. 55-896PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ALDRICH, District Judge.

Defendant moves to strike certain portions of the complaint in this civil action on the ground that no valid claim is set out. The complaint is a hybrid product of questionable ancestry, but because it could easily be changed and enlarged I accepted certain additional allegations made by plaintiff’s counsel during argument, referred to and delimited in this opinion. Correspondingly, I treat defendant’s motion as, in effect, a motion for summary judgment.

In June, 1955, the coastwise steamer Pilgrim Belle grounded on a bar in Boston Harbor and took water. The McKie…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Pope & Talbot, Inc. v. HawnSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
  2. The HarrisburgSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
  3. Aguilar v. Standard Oil Co. of NJSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
  4. Western Fuel Co. v. GarciaSupreme Court of the United States · 1921
  5. Cosmopolitan Shipping Co. v. McAllisterSupreme Court of the United States · 1949

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Helen T. Turner, Administratrix v. Wilson Line of Massachusetts, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1957
  2. Ballard v. Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1968
  3. Gainar v. SS Longview VictoryDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1964

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