Legal Opinion
McWilliams Bros. v. Davis
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided November 13, 1922No. Nos. 51, 52PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MANTON, Circuit Judge.
The appellee McWilliams Bros., Inc., was the owner of the barge Yankee and the appellee James McWilliams Blue Line was tire owner of the barges Blue Girl and W. H. Elliot. The Blue Girl and the Elliot were laden with coal and were moored inside the slip between the piers referred to at the trial as the "mooring pier” and the “Barge Canal terminal pier” at Newtown creek. They were fastened to one another and fastened to other boats in the slip. The slips were adjacent and the boats were moored abreast at the ends of the piers.
On February 4, 1920, in the evening at 6:30 p.…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Compania Bilbaina De Navegacion, De Bilbao v. Spanish-American Light & Power Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1892
- Doherty v. Pennsylvania R.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1920
- Ten Eyck v. Director General of RailroadsCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1920
- Nicholson v. Erie R.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1918
- Pennsylvania R. v. James McWilliams Towing LineCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1921
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3Cited by20 opinions
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- Cleary Bros. v. Port Reading R. Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1928
- Automobile Ins. v. Burns Bros.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1930
- The Norwich VictoryDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1948
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