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THE JAMES HORAN

10 F.Supp. 28 (1935)

THE JAMES HORAN. Petition of WARNER-QUINLAN CO.

District Court, D. New Jersey.

February 23, 1935.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wall, Haight, Carey & Hartpence, of Jersey City, N. J. (Thomas G. Haight, of Jersey City, N. J., and Chauncey I. Clark and William J. Dean, both of New York City, of counsel), for petitioner.

Arthur T. Vanderbilt, of Newark, N. J., for claimants Swan-Finch Oil Corporation and Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey.

FORMAN, District Judge.

This is a petition under section 4283 of the Revised Statutes (46 USCA § 183) to limit the liability of the petitioner, the Warner-Quinlan Company, for the damages caused by a fire which occurred on its chartered barge, the James Horan, on September 14, 1929.

The James Horan, a wooden barge, with a cargo of crude oil lay alongside the dock of the petitioner on the morning of September 14, 1929. Lightning struck her and fire broke...

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