The Transit
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of New’ Jersey; J. Warren Davis, Judge. Libel by the Atlantic Lighterage Corporation against the steam lighter Transit, her boilers, etc., claimed by Royal L. Sidnam. From a decree dismissing the libel, libelant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
WOOLLEY, Circuit Judge.
The steam lighter “Transit” sank at her dock early on the morning of September 12, 1916. The charterer, as bailee of the cargo, filed this libel to recover damages for injury to the cargo. The District Court dismissed the libel. The libelant appealed.
The action was brought on the warranty of seaworthiness implied in the charter, Work v. Leathers, 97 U. S. 379, 24 L. Ed. 1012; the libelant alleging that the vessel was unsea worthy and that her unseaworthiness caused her to sink. The claimant admitted the warranty but denied liability upon the ground that the charter was…
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