Legal Opinion
United States Trucking Corp. v. City of New York
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided April 4, 1927No. 230PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAND, Circuit Judge.
The city owned and maintained a public wharf for hire at the foot of North Hudson street, Brooklyn. At the north side of the pier lay the wreck of a sunken boat bows in, whose deck house projected above the water at all stages of the tide. The evidence does not show the character of the boat or of the visible house, except that it was variously described as a hay barge; a hospital boat and an excursion boat. Beneath the water the fore-deck of this boat ran towards the bulkhead about thirty feet *776from the end of the exposed deck house. The libelant sent a coal hoister to…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Smith v. BurnettSupreme Court of the United States · 1899
- Schoonmaker v. City of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1909
- Adkinson v. NoonanSupreme Court of Kansas · 1922
- The ImpDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1915
- Peterson v. Great Neck Dock Co.District Court, E.D. New York · 1896
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3Cited by10 opinions
- United States v. Carroll Towing Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1947
- Bangor & Aroostook Railroad v. the Ship FernviewDistrict Court, D. Maine · 1978
- New York & Hastings Steamboat Co. v. Compania Sud Americana De VaporesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1931
- Burns Bros. v. City of New YorkDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1938
- Dunnigan v. Murray Transp. Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1931
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