O'Donnell Transp. Co. v. Seaboard Coal Co.

GALSTON, District Judge.

The libel in this action alleges that the barge Scipio was damaged by reason of improper loading by the respondent, the Seaboard Coal Dock Company, at the plant of the Dock Company at South Amboy, New Jersey, a terminal of the respondent, the Pennsylvania Railroad Company.

The barge having been brought to the dock, the loading of a cargo of bituminous coal was commenced on May 5, 1944. The cargo was consigned to New Haven, Connecticut. She was loaded with 1002 net tons, or 895 gross tons. The dimensions of the Scipio are 117.5 feet in length, 31 feet in beam, and 14.1…