Legal Opinion
The Port Newark
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided April 14, 1932PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
INCH, District Judge.
Libelant owns the scow Empire 16. The tug Port Newark is owned by the Newark & New York Tow Boat Company. The tug Akron is owned by the Erie Railroad Company.
About 4:30 o’clock, in the afternoon of October 17, 1929, a car float, in tow of the tug Akron, collided with libelant’s scow while said scow was in tow of the tug Port Newark. Libelant has sued both tugs.
There is no question but that libelant is entitled to recover from one of these tugs or possibly both. This is the question that remains to be decided. Briefly the facts are as follows:
The scow, at the time in…
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- The ServiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
- The BreakwaterSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
- The John RuggeCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1916
- The Socony No. 19Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1928
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3Cited by1 opinion
- The AllentownDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1935