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THE VENUS

6 F.Supp. 950 (1934)

THE VENUS. THE EMPIRE NO. 5. NEW YORK TRAP ROCK CORPORATION v. CORNELL STEAMBOAT CO.

District Court, S. D. New York.

February 28, 1934.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bigham, Englar, Jones & Houston, of New York City (Andrew J. McElhinney, of New York City, of counsel), for libelant.

Kirlin, Campbell, Hickox, Keating & McGrann, of New York City (Robert S. Erskine and Henry P. Elliott, both of New York City, of counsel), for respondent.

GODDARD, District Judge.

This action was brought by the libelant, the New York Trap Rock Corporation, as charterer of the two deck scows Venus and the Empire No. 5, to recover damages sustained as a result of the scows breaking from their moorings at a dock at Rockland Lake Landing on the early morning of October 13, 1927, going adrift and fetching up against some ice breakers located nearby. The scows were each about 100 feet long and 40 feet wide and were light...

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