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THE COMET NO. 5

42 F.2d 654 (1929)

THE COMET NO. 5. THE MESECK. THE N. Y. C. 27. COMET LIGHTERAGE CO. v. NEW YORK CENT. R. CO.

District Court, E. D. New York.

April 3, 1929.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alexander & Ash, of New York City (Edward Ash, of New York City, of counsel), for libelant.

Macklin, Brown, Lenahan & Speer, of New York City (Horace L. Cheyney, of New York City, of counsel), for the Meseck.

Bigham, Englar & Jones, of New York City (Chas. W. Hagen, of New York City, of counsel), for the New York Cent. R. Co.

INCH, District Judge.

About 7:30 in the morning of February 18, 1926, the barge Comet No. 5, belonging to libelant, was lying quietly off the end of the other barges and tugs at the end of the pier at the foot of Seventh street, Hoboken. Figuring the average width of these barges, etc., as 30 feet, "the tier of boats extended from the end of the pier out into the river say between 250 and 350 feet." At the extreme river end was the Comet No. 5.

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