Legal Opinion
Burns Bros. v. Long Island R.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided August 8, 1949No. 255, Docket 21315PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CHASE, Circuit Judge.
The coal boat, Burns Bros. No. 77, lay moored at the foot of 36th Avenue, Long Island City, during the evening of April 1, 1945, until she broke adrift when, so it was alleged, she was hit by a carfloat owned by the Central Railroad of New Jersey. Later that evening she was drifting in a sinking condition in the East Channel north of Rainey Park and was picked up by a tug owned by the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company and beached at the foot of Broadway Astoria.
Burns Bros., the owner of the coal boat, brought suit in admiralty in personam against the sole…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- United States v. Carroll Towing Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1947
- The LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1866
- The "Clara."Supreme Court of the United States · 1880
- The Cullen No. 32Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1932
- In Re Pennsylvania R. Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1931
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