Legal Opinion
Bowen v. Decker
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided December 14, 1883PublishedCited by 4 opinions
Action for Demurrage.
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.
On the fourteenth of February, 1881, the schooner F. E. Lawrence, loaded with 260,555 feet of lumber consigned to the respondents, arrived at their docks at the Jane-street pier. This pier was a vbry short one, and the north side of it was liable at that season to he rendered unsafe for vessels through, floating ice coming in from the northward. The pier and bulk-heads were so incumbered with lumber that the schooner could not begin to unload until the 17th. On Sunday, the 20th, the schooner being somewhat injured by the invasion of ice, moved to the south side of the pier, where the pier and…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Cross v. . BeardNew York Court of Appeals · 1862
- Fulton v. BlakeDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1873
- Coombs v. NolanDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1874
3Cited by4 opinions
- Pennsylvania Railroad v. NaiveTennessee Supreme Court · 1903
- M. & J. Tracy, Inc. v. Marks, Lissberger & Son, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1922
- Neville v. Morrison Coal & Coke Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1925
- Connecticut Fire Ins. v. Smith & Richards Lumber Co.District Court, D. New Jersey · 1939