THORNE, NEALE & CO. v. READING CO.

Nos. 188, 189.

87 F.2d 694 (1937)

THORNE, NEALE & CO., Inc., v. READING CO. BOUCHARD TRANSP. CO. v. SAME.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

February 1, 1937.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Macklin, Brown, Lenahan & Speer, of New York City (Horace L. Cheyney and Gerald J. McKernan, both of New York City, of counsel), for appellant.

Purdy & Purdy, of New York City (Frank C. Mason, of New York City, of counsel), for appellee Bouchard Transportation Co.

Earl Appleman, of New York City, for appellee Thorne, Neale & Co.

Before MANTON, L. HAND, and AUGUSTUS N. HAND, Circuit Judges.


L. HAND, Circuit Judge.

These appeals are from two interlocutory decrees in the admiralty holding liable the respondent, Reading Company, for damage to a barge and cargo while in a slip at Port Reading, New Jersey, on July 22, 1933. The respondent had brought coal to Port Reading consigned to the libellant, Thorne, Neale & Co., who had engaged the Bouchard Company, owner of the barge, "Dorothy," to carry it to New York. Bouchard delivered the barge to the respondent...

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