WHITE OAK TRANSPORTATION CO. v. BOSTON, CAPE COD & NEW YORK CANAL CO.

Nos. 116, 124.

258 U.S. 341 (1922)

WHITE OAK TRANSPORTATION COMPANY v. BOSTON, CAPE COD & NEW YORK CANAL COMPANY. NORTHERN COAL COMPANY v. BOSTON, CAPE COD & NEW YORK CANAL COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 10, 1922.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Edward E. Blodgett, with whom Mr. Foye M. Murphy was on the brief, for petitioner in No. 116.

Mr. Henry E. Warner, with whom Mr. John G. Palfrey was on the brief, for petitioner in No. 124.

Mr. Thomas H. Mahony, with whom Mr. Guy W. Currier was on the brief, for respondent.

Mr. Samuel Park, with whom Mr. Henry E. Mattison was on the brief, for the T.A. Scott Company, Inc., impleaded with respondent.


MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the court.

On December 13, 1916, the steamer Bay Port, while passing through the Cape Cod Canal, ran ashore on the south bank and the next day sank diagonally across it. In January, 1917, the Canal Company filed a libel against the White Oak Transportation Company, the owner of the steamer, to recover for damages suffered by the canal and the obstruction of traffic through it. It also filed a libel against the T.A. Scott...

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