Pennsylvania Railroad v. Erie Avenue Warehouse Co.

VAN DUSEN, District Judge.

The parties to this third-party action differ as to the meaning of the word “may” in the last sentence of the following paragraph of the opinion filed by the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in this case on May 2, 1962:

“Only brief mention need be made of a minor point. Erie has objected to the award of interest on the railroad’s claim. The objection is not well taken. The limited contribution required in this opinion is a normal contractual recovery upon which interest may be awarded from the time that Erie was advised that the railroad had…