Legal Opinion
Neptune Line, Inc. v. Stone & Cooper
District Court, D. Maine
Decided October 2, 1926Published
1Opinion of the Court
HALE, District Judge.
This libel is brought by the owners of the barge Troy to recover damages alleged to have been sustained by her in a berth provided by Stone & Cooper, in the Kennebec river, at Augusta, Me., November 16, 1922. The libel also alleges fault on the part of the steam tug Seguin for berthing the barge at an unsuitable berth.
The barge Troy was built at Nowank, Conn., in 1889, and was chartered October 31, 1922, by Stone & Cooper, to convey a cargo of coal from Elizabethport, N. J., to Parkers’ Flats, Me., near the mouth of the Kennebec river. The barge was loaded with 848.16…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Look v. Portsmouth, K. & Y. St. Ry.District Court, D. Maine · 1905
- Morrin v. Robert White Engineering WorksU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern New York · 1905
- Philadelphia & R. Ry. Co. v. WalkerDistrict Court, D. New Hampshire · 1905
- Merritt v. SpragueDistrict Court, D. Maine · 1911
- Smith v. HavemeyerDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1887