THE SONARD

Nos. A — 15883, A — 15907.

37 F.Supp. 705 (1941)

THE SONARD. THE MATTON NO. 20. THE C. M. C. NOS. 10, 20, 30 AND 40. THE RALPH E. MATTON. Petition of JOHN E. MATTON & SON, Inc.

District Court, E. D. New York.

On Reargument March 18, 1941.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Purdy & Lamb, of New York City (Edmund F. Lamb, of New York City, of counsel), for John E. Matton & Son, Inc., and Conners Marine Co., Inc.

Mahar & Mason, of New York City (Frank C. Mason, of New York City, of counsel), for Bouchard Transp. Co., Inc.

Foley & Martin, of New York City (Christopher E. Heckman, of New York City, of counsel), for claimant-impleaded.

Macklin, Brown, Lenahan & Speer, of New York City (Leo F. Hanan, of New York City, of counsel), for damage-claimant Frontier Fuel Oil Corporation.

Bronner & Ward, of Little Falls, N. Y. (Leo F. Hanan, of New York City, of counsel), for damage claimants Mohawk Valley Paper Co., Inc., and Burrows Paper Corporation.


BYERS, District Judge.

It becomes necessary in these causes to decide whether one or more of the eastbound barges in tow of the tug Matton No. 20 struck the westbound barge Sonard being pushed by the tug Ralph E. Matton, so as to cause that barge to sustain underwater damage to her hull, on November 7, 1939, at about 4:45 a.m., when both tows were off Seeley Island (near Little Falls) about 2,000 feet west of Lock 17 in...

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