Legal Opinion
The Colombo
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided May 12, 1930No. 326PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Per curiam
The Colombo was an oil-burning steamer lying in the Hudson river at the foot of West Fifty-Seventh street, New York. A fuel barge lay alongside to fill her eighteen tanks. This could be done through either of two intake valves, forward and aft, each leading into a common duet which in turn fed the separate tanks. When one valve was in use, the other must be closed, else some of the oil-would pass along the duct and leak out of the unused valve. The barge had pumped oil into the after valve in the morning and moved forward to the fore valve, where it began to pump again. The seaman detailed to…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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