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FORD MOTOR CO. v. MANHATTAN LIGHTERAGE CORPORATION

Nos. 281-286.

97 F.2d 577 (1938)

FORD MOTOR CO. v. MANHATTAN LIGHTERAGE CORPORATION and five other cases.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

June 13, 1938.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kirlin, Campbell, Hickox, Keating & McGrann, of New York City (Robert S. Erskine, of New York City, of counsel), for Cornell Steamboat Co.

Burlingham, Veeder, Clark & Hupper, of New York City (Chauncey I. Clark and Stanley R. Wright, both of New York City, of counsel), for Manhattan Lighterage Corporation.

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

Harry D. Thirkield, of New York City, for Ford Motor Co.

Before MANTON, L. HAND, and SWAN, Circuit Judges.

L. HAND, Circuit Judge.

The appeals in these six suits arose from the sinking of the barge, Manhattan No. 50, and from injuries to her cargo of Ford cars and to the barge, Clara C., all in the Hudson River at Troy on May 15, 1936. The tug, Schoonmaker, of the Cornell Steamboat Company had the Manhattan No. 50 in tow upon a hawser so short that one could step from the stern of the tug to the bow of the barge; astern of the Manhattan No. 50 was the barge, Clara C.,...

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