Legal Opinion
Al Johnson Construction Co. v. S.S. Rio Orinoco
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided December 20, 1965No. 419 of 1960PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KRAFT, District Judge.
On June 23, 1960, at or about 5:30 P.M. (1730) the S. S. RIO-ORINOCO, moving upstream struck the dredge ATLAS while the latter, spudded down, was dredging a new channel in the upper Delaware River, known as the New Enterprise Channel. The dredge owners filed a libel against the RIO-ORINOCO in rem and her owner in personam. The vessel interests answered and filed a cross-libel against the dredge in rem and her owners in personam.
After trial to the Court, oral argument and examination of the requests for factual findings, legal conclusions and briefs in support thereof, we…
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