Erie R. v. Cornell No. 2

HULBERT, District Judge.

The trial of these causes was commenced on the 3d day of December, 1946, and concluded on the 4th day of December, 1946, and oral argument was set for January 10, 1947, at the conclusion of which the court announced its decision from the bench and held the Tug Cornell No. 20 and The Cornell Steamboat Company, as claimant thereof, solely responsible, exonerated the deck scow Frank Coo-ney, and dismissed the libel as to it and all other claimants.

Thereupon, the Advocate for Cornell called attention to the case of United States, Appellees, v. Carroll Towing Co. Inc., and…