Standard Oil Co. v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Appeals from the District Court of the United States for the District of Maryland, at Baltimore; John C. Rose, Judge. Consolidated suits in admiralty by the United States and others against the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey, the Raymond Concrete Pile Company, and others. From decree for libelants, defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
WOODS, Circuit Judge.
The substantial issue is whether, as between themselves, the Standard Oil Company or the Raymond Concrete Pile Company should bear the losses sustained by libelants from an oil fire in Baltimore harbor which occurred on November 22, 1918. The Raymond Company on June 17, 1918, agreed in writing with the Standard Oil Company to construct a new reinforced concrete pier 60 by 130 feet, and to remove the old piers. The contract provided that the Raymond Company, as agent of the'Oil Company, was to direct the work through its officers, and hire and discharge laborers. It was to…
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