Second Pool Coal Co. v. People's Co.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Pennsylvania. Suit in admiralty by the People’s Coal Company against the Second Pool Coal Company. Decree for libelant (181 Fed. 609), and respondent appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
YOUNG, District Judge.
The respondent, now the appellant, was engaged in the retail coal business upon the Allegheny river, and had in its possession a loaded flat of coal which it cut adrift from its float at Thirty-First street during high water to save such float and other boats. After being separated by respondent, it drifted a short distance down the river, and finally, on March 15, 1907, sunk in the channel of the river at Twenty-Fifth street, thereby obstructing navigation. Upon April 4, 1907, the libelant’s now the appellee, steamboat W. C. Jutte, while proceeding down the river, ran…
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