Legal Opinion
The Irving F. Ross
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided August 4, 1923PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BREWSTER, District Judge.
The tug Irving F. Ross was towing a scow owned by the Boston Development & Sanitary Company. When opposite the docks of the Bay State Fishing Company, it was noticed that tho scow was leaking and in danger of sinking. The scow was rushed to a wharf, known as Pickert’s Dock, and made fast, but the scow filled with water and sank, parting a mooring line, and slid over into the dock of the Bay State Fishing Company, owing to tho unevenness of the bottom. The scow was loaded with ashes, and, not only did the sunken barge and its load of ashes interfere with the use of its…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Richardson v. HarmonSupreme Court of the United States · 1911
- In Re GarnettSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
- The No. 6Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1917
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- In Re BernsteinDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1999
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