Legal Opinion

P. Dougherty Co. v. Bader Coal Co.

District Court, D. Massachusetts

Decided January 27, 1917No. 1416PublishedCited by 6 opinions

In Admiralty. Suit by the P. Dougherty Company against the Bader Coal Company.

1Opinion of the Court

MORTON, District Judge.

This is a libel by the owner of a barge against the charterer to recover damages for injuries received by the barge through grounding at or near the dock of the Augusta State Hospital, at Augusta, Me. The facts are as follows:

The Dougherty Company owner of the barge Maine, chartered her to the Bader Coal Company, to take a cargo of coal from Norfolk, Va., “to alongside dock of the Augusta State Hospital, 12 feet of water guaranteed, Augusta, Me.” The owner was to do the towing to Parkers Flats, near the mouth of the river, above which point it was to be done by the…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Smith v. BurnettSupreme Court of the United States · 1899
  2. Look v. Portsmouth, K. & Y. St. Ry.District Court, D. Maine · 1905
  3. Winslow v. ThompsonCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1904
  4. Thompson v. WinslowDistrict Court, D. Maine · 1904
  5. Hartford & N. Y. Transp. Co. v. HughesDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1903

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3Cited by6 opinions

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  4. American President Lines, Ltd. v. United StatesDistrict Court, N.D. California · 1961
  5. Goodwin-Gallagher Sand & Gravel Corp. v. Washington Bulkley, Inc.District Court, E.D. New York · 1927

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