Legal Opinion
Cornec v. Baltimore & OR Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided April 13, 1931No. 3003PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PARKER, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a decree in admiralty dismissing libels filed against the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company for the recovery of damages sustained as the result of a pitch dust explosion alleged to have been due to its negligence. The libels were filed against the railroad company, which was engaged at the time of the explosion in loading a cargo of pitch into the French barque Richelieu. They were filed by the master in behalf of the owners of the vessel and the owners of the cargo, by certain members of the crew, certain stevedores employed by the railroad and by…
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- Crimmins v. BoothMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1909
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