PEDERSEN v. UNITED STATES


14 F.Supp. 1008 (1936)

PEDERSEN v. UNITED STATES.

District Court, S. D. New York.

March 23, 1936.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lucien V. Axtell and Silas B. Axtell, both of New York City, for libelant.

F. W. H. Adams and Charles E. Wythe, both of New York City, for the United States.


BONDY, District Judge.

On December 24, 1932, at the Manhattan end of the Ellis Island Ferry, the libelant transferred a load of broadcasting equipment from his autotruck to three hand trucks and wheeled them onto the ferryboat, Ellis Island, owned and operated by the respondent, to carry passengers and cargo, but not motortrucks, between Manhattan and Ellis Island.

When the vessel arrived at Ellis Island she was made fast to a bridge the outshore end of which...

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