Legal Opinion
The Trim
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided November 24, 1939No. Nos. 675, 723PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BREWSTER, District Judge.
The above libel by the General Sea-foods Corporation (Admiralty No. 675) and the cross-libel by the J. S. Packard Dredging Company (Admiralty No. 723) were heard together and may conveniently be disposed of in one opinion.
The controversy grows out of a collision between the trawler Exeter and the tug Trim and Scow No. 19.
The collision occurred in the channel of Boston Harbor, nearly abreast Castle Island. The channel in that vicinity was 1200 ft. wide. The southern half was then being dredged, but it was not closed to navigation. The Trim was engaged in towing scows…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- The City of New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
- The Victory & the PlymothianSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
- The UmbriaSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
- Belden v. ChaseSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
- The Albert DumoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1900
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Intagliata v. Shipowners & Merchants Towboat Co.California Supreme Court · 1945
- General Seafoods Corp. v. J. S. Packard Dredging Corp.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1941
- Bindloss v. The Blue FinDistrict Court, D. Rhode Island · 1955
- General Seafoods Corp. v. J. S. Packard Dredging Co.District Court, D. Massachusetts · 1941
- Tug New York Co. v. The Robin DoncasterDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1955
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