Legal Opinion
The White City
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided April 6, 1931No. 319PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
L. HAND, Circuit Judge.
The libellant is the assignee of one Frost, who is the owner of a motor yacht, “The Drifter,” built for him by'the Consolidated Shipbuilding Company, which had promised to deliver her at Port Newark, New Jersey. The builder’s yard was at Morris Heights, New York, and the yacht had to be towed down the Harlem and East Rivers through the Bay, the Kills, and into Newark Bay. For this purpose it made a contract with one Simpson to tow her and her cradle alongside & steamer at Port Newark. Simpson, finding it impossible to tow with his own vessel, substituted the claimants’…
2Cases cited29 opinions
- Transportation Line v. HopeSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
- The Steamer WebbSupreme Court of the United States · 1872
- Southgate v. Eastern Transp. Co.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1927
- Ira S. Bushey & Sons, Inc. v. W. E. Hedger & Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1930
- Kenny v. Cornell Steamboat Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1921
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3Cited by8 opinions
- In Re Pennsylvania R. Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1931
- Leach v. Hedger Transp. Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1933
- The Joseph J. HockCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1934
- New York Trap Rock Corp. v. Christie Scow Corp.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1947
- The WollastonDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1945
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