SCHUYLKILL TRANSP. CO. v. BANKS

No. 51 of 1943; No. 3 of 1944.

56 F.Supp. 711 (1944)

SCHUYLKILL TRANSP. CO. v. BANKS et al. (PUBLIC SERVICE ELECTRIC & GAS CO., Intervener). PUBLIC SERVICE ELECTRIC & GAS CO. v. DELAWARE RIVER LIGHTERAGE CO. THE BARGE NO. 563. THE GRACE ANN.

District Court, E. D. Pennsylvania.

August 3, 1944.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shields, Clark, Brown & McCown, by Samuel B. Fortenbaugh, Jr., all of Philadelphia, Pa., for Schuylkill Transp. Co.

Conlen, LaBrum & Beechwood, by George E. Beechwood, all of Philadelphia, Pa., and Bigham, Englar, Jones & Houston, by Charles A. VanHagen, Jr., all of New York City, for Public Service Electric & Gas Co.

Howard M. Long, of Philadelphia, Pa., for Chas. T. Banks et al. and the Grace Ann.


BARD, District Judge.

This case involves two actions in admiralty which were by agreement consolidated for purposes of trial. No. 51 of 1943 is an action by Schuylkill Transportation Company (hereinafter called Schuylkill) as owner of Coal Boat No. 563, and as bailee of a cargo of coal laden thereon, against Charles T. Banks and Flo L. Banks, individually and trading as Charles T. Banks Towing Line (hereinafter referred to as Banks) and the Tug "Grace Ann," her engines...

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