Northrup v. Philadelphia & R. Ry. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. Suit in admiralty for collision by George Northrup, owner of the canal boat Senator Rice, against the steam tug Bern, the Philadelphia & Reading Railway Company, claimant, and the Morris & Cummings Dredging Company, impleaded. Decree against the Bern, and claimant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
ROGERS, Circuit Judge.
This suit arises out of a collision, and the libelant sues as the owner of the canal boat Senator Rice. The libelant brings the suit on his own behalf as owner, and on the behalf of the underwriters on the boat, against the steam tug Bern, owned by the Philadelphia & Reading Railway Company. The injury to the Senator Rice occurred while that boat was in tow of (he steam tugs Bern and Wyomissing, and resulted in the beaching of the boat. The injury resulted from a collision with a scow alongside of a dredge in the channel of the Kill von Kull. The owner of the Bern filed…
2Cited by1 opinion
- The BernCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1918