Legal Opinion
Petition of Highlands Nav. Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided November 12, 1928No. 36PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MANTON, Circuit Judge.
The Highlands Navigation Corporation, owner of the steamships Nassau and Grand Republic, filed a petition for limitation of its liability in respect to claims arising out of the burning and sinking of these vessels on April 26, 1924, while lying at the pier of the city of New York at the foot of 155th street, North River. Permission was granted to tie up the steamers at this pier on payment of rental for such berth. The vessels were passenger excursion boats and had been laid up for the winter. They were being prepared for active service at the time of the fire. One had…
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