COMPAGNIE DU PORT DE RIO DE JANEIRO v. MEAD MORRISON MFG. CO.

No. 741.

19 F.2d 163 (1927)

COMPAGNIE DU PORT DE RIO DE JANEIRO v. MEAD MORRISON MFG. CO.

District Court, D. Maine, S. D.

April 14, 1927.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Verrill, Hale, Booth & Ives, of Portland, Me., Wm. R. Pattangall, of Augusta, Me., and H. Starr Giddings, of New York City, for plaintiff.

Cook, Hutchinson & Pierce, of Portland, Me., Edward F. McClennen, George L. Mayberry, and Arthur P. French, all of Boston, Mass., for defendant.


PETERS, District Judge.

In this action the plaintiff seeks to recover damages for the collapse of a pier and coal-loading apparatus constructed at Rio de Janeiro for the plaintiff by the defendant. The work, which was performed by subcontractors under the defendant, was begun early in 1913, and completed, delivered to, and accepted by the plaintiff in October of that year. The construction was largely of concrete, including concrete piles supporting a floor which...

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