SARGENT BARGE LINE v. NEWTOWN CREEK TOWING CO.

Nos. 12214, 12690.

56 F.2d 205 (1932)

SARGENT BARGE LINE, Inc., v. NEWTOWN CREEK TOWING CO. et al. THE WELFARE. CAPITOL COAL CORPORATION v. SARGENT BARGE LINE, Inc.

District Court, E. D. New York.

January 5, 1932.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Purdy & Purdy, of New York City (John E. Purdy, of New York City, of counsel), for libelant and cross-respondent.

Alexander, Ash & Jones, of New York City, for respondent Newtown Creek Towing Co.

Earl Appleman, of New York City, for respondent and cross-libelant Capitol Coal Corporation.


BYERS, District Judge.

These causes, tried together, embrace (a) a libel filed by the owner of the barge Welfare (which sank on the night of July 30, 1930, while lying at a dock in the Harlem River south of 145th street, on the west or Manhattan side of the stream) against the Newtown Creek Towing Company, and the Capitol Coal Corporation; and (b) a cross-libel filed by the latter for damage to cargo on the barge, against the Sargent Barge Line, Inc., the owner of...

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