NEW HAVEN TRAP ROCK CO. v. UNITED STATES

Civ. 3160.

15 F.Supp. 619 (1936)

NEW HAVEN TRAP ROCK CO. v. UNITED STATES.

District Court, D. Massachusetts.

May 28, 1936.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Burnham, Bingham, Pillsbury, Dana & Gould, of Boston, Mass., for libelant.

Harold P. Williams, U. S. Atty., and George R. Farnum, both of Boston, Mass., for the United States.


BREWSTER, District Judge.

In this libel the libelant, as owner of the scow John H. Ryerson, seeks to recover damages resulting from the alleged negligence of the libellee in permitting the scow to strike a rock as she was being docked, and in failing to securely tie the scow to the dock.

The negligence of the United States is not in issue. The only question presented is whether, under the terms of the contract existing...

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