THE ELIZABETH JORDAN

Nos. 274-276.

63 F.2d 781 (1933)

THE ELIZABETH JORDAN. THE BURLINGTON. THE GRAMERCY.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

March 6, 1933.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Otto & Lyon, of New York City (Henry E. Otto, of New York City, of counsel), for libelant-appellee Canada Atlantic Grain Export Co., Inc.

Brown, Ely & Richards, of Buffalo, N. Y. (John B. Richards, of Buffalo, N. Y., of counsel), for Rutland Lake Michigan Transit Co.

Single & Hill, of New York City (Thomas H. Middleton and Christopher E. Heckman, both of New York City, of counsel), for appellant.

Before L. HAND, SWAN, and CHASE, Circuit Judges.


CHASE, Circuit Judge.

The steamer Burlington, owned and operated by the Rutland Lake Michigan Transit Company, was in collision with the barge Elizabeth Jordan, loaded with grain and in tow of the tug Gramercy in the Niagara river on May 17, 1929. The steamer and the barge were both damaged. The grain was taken to Buffalo and transshipped.

Patrick Jordan, owner of the Elizabeth Jordan, and as bailee of the cargo, filed...

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