Legal Opinion
Ætna Ins. v. Florida Towing Corp.
District Court, S.D. Florida
Decided March 5, 1941PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STRUM, District Judge.
Chase & Company engaged W. T. Coppedge and Florida Towing Corporation, as private contract carriers, to transport a cargo of fertilizer materials, owned by Chase & Company, from Jacksonville to Sanford, Florida. Coppedge and Florida Towing Corporation furnished the Lighter “J.F. 62” for the purpose of transporting said cargo, said lighter to be towed by a tug belonging to the Towing Corporation.
The cargo arrived from abroad aboard the steamer Nordfarer, which arrived and moored at the Municipal Docks in Jacksonville on August 28, 1939, at about 7 P. M. The lighter had…
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