THE MACK

Nos. A-14963, A-15070.

18 F.Supp. 69 (1937)

THE MACK. THE ARTHUR CONNERS. THE FIDELITY. FRANK McWILLIAMS TRANSP. CORPORATION v. CONNERS MARINE CO., Inc. ADAMS COAL CO., Inc., v. SAME.

District Court, E. D. New York.

January 28, 1937.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Purdy & Purdy, of New York City (Frank C. Mason, of New York City, of counsel), for libelant Frank McWilliams Transp. Corporation.

Macklin, Brown, Lenahan & Speer, of New York City (Leo Hanan, of New York City, of counsel), for libelant Adams Coal Co., Inc.

William J. Mahar, of New York City (William J. Mahar and Edward L. P. O'Connor, both of New York City, of counsel), for claimant.


BYERS, District Judge.

These causes were consolidated for trial, and have to do with the sinking of the laden coal barge Mack, on January 30, 1936, in Mill Basin about one-half mile easterly of the Adams coal dock in Brooklyn, at about 9:30 a. m.

The first cause is that of the owner of the Mack, and the second is that of the cargo owner.

The tugs Arthur Conners and Fidelity, claimed by Conners Marine Co., Inc., were libeled.

The sinking occurred...

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