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THE HARDING HIGHWAY

No. 4572.

53 F.2d 938 (1931)

THE HARDING HIGHWAY. THE W. L. MARSHALL. WILMINGTON & PENNSGROVE TRANSP. CO. v. UNITED STATES.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied January 13, 1932.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lewis, Adler & Laws, of Philadelphia, Pa. (Otto Wolff, Jr., of Philadelphia, Pa., of counsel), for appellant.

J. Frank Staley, of Washington, D. C., and Charles M. Bolich, Asst. U. S. Atty., of Allentown, Pa., for the United States.

Before BUFFINGTON, WOOLLEY, and DAVIS, Circuit Judges.

BUFFINGTON, Circuit Judge.

By its libel a ferryboat, hereafter called "Harding," charged the self-propelling, government dredge, hereafter called "Marshall," with forcing it against a stone jetty as the two vessels attempted to pass each other. From a decree of the court below dismissing its libel, Harding appealed. On final analysis, the case resolves itself to narrow limits.

The disaster occurred on the Christiana river, where it flows at right angles into...

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