Legal Opinion

C. F. Harms Co. v. Upper Hudson Stone Co.

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Decided April 11, 1916No. 231PublishedCited by 22 opinions

Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of New York. Suit in admiralty by the C. F. Harms Company, owner of the scow Castor, against the Upper Hudson Stone Company, Paladino & Bros., Plenry Crew, Alfred Grant, and David E. Dove, as owners of the tug H. B. Moore, Jr., and John J. Guinan, impleaded. Decree for libelant against Guinan, who appeals.

1Opinion of the Court

WARD, Circuit Judge.

The libelant, Harms Company, owner of the scow Castor, chartered her to the respondent Upper Hudson Company under a time charter. The Hudson Company loaded her with stone consigned to Paladino Bros, alongside the bulkhead of John J. Guinan in Coney Island creek, between West Twenty-Second and Twenty-Third streets, Brooklyn, and directed the tug H. B. Moore, Jr., to tow her there. The scow arrived at the bulkhead at 5 p. m. at half flood tide and, the discharging berth being occupied, Guinan’s agent directed her to be made fast at the bulkhead astern of the boat that was…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. The S. V. LuckenbachCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1912
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3Cited by22 opinions

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  2. Tomkins Cove Stone Co. v. Bleakley Transp. Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1930
  3. Schoonmaker Conners Co. v. Lambert Transp. Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1920
  4. Cleary Bros. v. City of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1937
  5. The JuniorCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1922

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