Legal Opinion
Commercial Molasses Corp. v. New York Tank Barge Corp.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided November 17, 1941No. NEW YORK TANK BARGE CORPORATION. THE T.N. NO. 73PublishedCited by 233 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Stone
This is a proceeding in admiralty originating in the District Court upon a petition by respondent, as chartered owner of the tank barge “T. N. No. 73,” for limitation of liability for damage to petitioner’s shipment of molasses resulting from the sinking of the barge in New York harbor.
Petitioner, the sole claimant in the limitation proceeding, filed, in behalf of the insurer, its claim for loss of the molasses on the barge, which sank on Oct. 23, 1937, while taking on the shipment from the S. S. “Althelsultan.” The barge sank in smooth water, without contact with any other vessel or external…
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