Legal Opinion
Burns Bros. v. The Systematic
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided June 25, 1951No. A-18490PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
BYERS, District Judge.
This is a swell damage cause asserted by libellant as owner of its coal barge Burns Bros. No. 86, said to have been sustained on March 21, 1947, when she was being towed, light, by the Tice tug Systematic from the Burns Yard in South Brooklyn to Pier 18, Jersey City, there to be laden.
The swells are said to have been caused by the S.S. President Monroe, of the American President Lines, Ltd., as she proceeded up the bay in the ship channel off Governors Island, at about 2:15 p. m., the day being clear, the tide ebb in Buttermilk Channel, and the wind out of the northwest,…
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