The Stella
District Court, E.D. New York
In Admiralty. Suit by William S. Bartley, as owner of the boat Stella, against Frederick B. Dalzell, W. Freeland Dalzell, the Merritt & Chapman Derrick & Wrecking Company, and the steamship Vauban.
1Opinion of the Court
CHATFIELD, District Judge.
The libelant chartered the scow Stella to the Merritt & Chapman Derrick & Wrecking Company for ordinary lighterage service, upon oral request over the telephone, on or about the 29th day of October, 1915. The Merritt & Chapman Company took the Stella into their possession at Fifty-Fourth street in the North River, and the master or captain of the Stella, who was on board at the time and was hired by the libelant, went along with the boat. She was loaded with a cargo of machinery or engines for a steamer lying upon the north side of Pier 10, on the Brooklyn side of…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Wright & Cobb Lighterage Co. v. New England Navigation Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1913
- Wright & Cobb Lighterage Co. v. New England Navigation Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1911
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