National Dredging & Lighterage Co. v. Turney Transp. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania; J. Whitaker Thompson, Judge. Suit in admiralty by the Turney Transportation Company against the National Dredging and Lighterage Company. Decree for libelant, and respondent appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
WOOLLEY, Circuit Judge.
This appeal is from a decree in admiralty finding a charterer at fault in overloading a chartered barge and holding the charterer liable in damages for her sinking. 272 Fed. 495.
The Dredging Company, engaged in dredging in the Delaware River with the dredge “National,” had chartered the barge “Emma” from the libelant. When loading sand upon the barge, she sank. Each craft was in charge of her own master. The court found that the barge master had protested against further loading and that the dredge master ignoring his protest had continued loading, and that, in…
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