Legal Opinion
The L. V. 472
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided June 9, 1945No. 16980PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GALSTON, District Judge.
The Lehigh Valley Railroad Company, as the chartered owner of the. lighter L. V. 472, filed its libel against the steamtugs Margaret Meseck and Augustine, of the Meseck Towing Lines, Inc., for damage to the lighter.
On the morning of February 7, 1943, the L. V. 472 lay moored at the outer end of Pier No. 3, Erie Basin. On that morning the three tugs of the Meseck Towing Lines, Inc., including the two tugs in question, and the Edward Meseck, towed the steamship Bulkoil from Drydock No. 4 of the Todd-Robbins plant. The drydock was somewhat to the northward of Pier No. 3,…
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