Daly v. New York Dock Co.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. Uibel by Bartle Daly against the New York Dock Company. From a decree for libelant, respondent appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
MANTON, Circuit Judge.
The libelant’s barge Harrison, loaded with a cargo of coal, was sent on January 13, 1917, to Pier 29, there to be discharged. The tug placed the barge in the slip between Pier 28 on the north and Pier 29 on the south (which slip is about 141 feet wide). She was damaged while the master was attempting to berth her at Pier 29 by running upon a sunken spile. At the time of the injury, she was being hauled to the bulkhead at the inner end of the slip, there to be discharged of her cargo. The captain was hauling her into place by a line he caused to be tied to the dock and…
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