Legal Opinion
Fulton Lighterage Co. v. Erie R. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided July 16, 1934No. Nos. 350-352PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CHASE, Circuit Judge.
These three actions were heard in the District Court together with two others not involved in this appeal, and one opinion will suffice here. The controversies grew out of damage sustained by the boats of the libel-ants in the slip on the north side of Pier 2, Bush Docks, Brooklyn, during the night of April 1, 1929.
So far as now material, the positions, just before the trouble, of the injured boats relative to the pier, to each other, and to a steamer in the slip, were as follows: One scow and eight barges and lighters were tied up in three tiers of three boats each…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Dailey v. CarrollCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1917
- Rice v. Brooklyn Ash Removal Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1918
- Hood v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1927
- Cranberry Creek Coal Co. v. Red Star Towing & Transp. Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1929
- Nicholson v. Erie R.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1918
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3Cited by9 opinions
- United States v. Carroll Towing Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1947
- Lynch v. Agwilines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1950
- Tucker v. Reading Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1942
- Wisconsin Barge Line, Inc. v. Barge Chem 301District Court, M.D. Louisiana · 1975
- Petition of Estelle Rice, Co-Partners, Doing Business Under the Firm Name and Style of Jacob Rice & Sons, as Owners of the Scow Joan R., in a Cause of Limitation of And/or Exoneration From Liability, Estelle Rice, Emily Rice, Mathilde Rice, Helen Rice, Margaret Rice, Frank v. Rice, Edward E. Rice, Estate of William R. Rice, John G. Rice, Maurice J. Rice, Adrian L. Rice, and Delores R. Shader, Co-Partners Doing Business Under the Firm Name and Style of Jacob Rice & Sons, as Owners of the Scow Joan R., Libellant-Appellee v. New York Trap Rock Corporation v. Red Star Towing & Transportation Company and Colonial Sand & Stone Co., Inc., Respondent-Impleaded-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1961
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