HOSKINS COAL & DOCK CORP. v. GREAT LAKES DREDGE & D. CO.

No. 7117.

112 F.2d 263 (1940)

HOSKINS COAL & DOCK CORPORATION v. GREAT LAKES DREDGE & DOCK CO.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Rehearing Denied June 15, 1940.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Branand, Jr., and Arne B. Hummeland, both of Chicago, Ill., for appellant.

W. S. Oppenheim, Earle E. Ewins, and Edward S. Price, all of Chicago, Ill., for appellee.

Before SPARKS, MAJOR, and TREANOR, Circuit Judges.


MAJOR, Circuit Judge.

This appeal is from a judgment, based upon a verdict in plaintiff's favor, for damages to its dock caused by defendant's mooring thereto, its scow, in November, 1936. The principal error relied on is the failure of the District Court to allow defendant's motion for a directed verdict.

Plaintiff is the lessee of a dock which is located on the Ogden Slip in the Chicago River near the Outer Drive bridge. Defendant was engaged in construction...

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