Legal Opinion
E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co. v. Pennsylvania Railroad
District Court, D. Delaware
Decided October 10, 1958No. Nos. 1724, 1754, 1759PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WRIGHT, Chief Judge.
FINDINGS OF FACT
1. The three Admiralty actions under consideration were consolidated for trial and tried by the court on June 17-21 and July 8-10, 1957 (Docket).
*822. The cases arise from a collision which occurred on August 3, 1953 between acid barge, Banks No. 8, being towed by the tugboat, “Grace Ann”, upstream on the Christina River and Pennsylvania’s R. R. bridge 2.27 which crosses that river (Pre-trial Order).
3. As a result of the collision the barge sank and was thereafter abandoned as a total loss (N.T. 310, 317,1217-1218). In addition, there was a partial loss of the…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Gardner v. Panama RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
- Standard Oil Co. of NJ v. Southern Pacific Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1925
- Czaplicki v. the Hoegh SilvercloudSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Loverich v. Warner Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1941
- Ozanic v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1948
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Complaint of WassonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1974
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- Southern Pacific Co. v. United StatesDistrict Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1966