THE L. V. 472

No. 16980.

62 F.Supp. 152 (1945)

THE L. V. 472. THE MARGARET MESECK. THE AUGUSTINE.

District Court, E. D. New York.

June 9, 1945.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pyne & Lynch, of New York City (Warner Pyne, of New York City, of counsel), for Lehigh Valley R. Co., libellant.

Purdy & Lamb, of New York City (Thomas Irving, of New York City, of counsel), for Meseck Towing Lines.

Crowell & Rouse, of New York City (George L. Varian, of New York City, of counsel), for Todd Shipyards Corporation.


GALSTON, District Judge.

The Lehigh Valley Railroad Company, as the chartered owner of the lighter L. V. 472, filed its libel against the steamtugs Margaret Meseck and Augustine, of the Meseck Towing Lines, Inc., for damage to the lighter.

On the morning of February 7, 1943, the L. V. 472 lay moored at the outer end of Pier No. 3, Erie Basin. On that morning the three tugs of the Meseck Towing Lines, Inc., including the two tugs in question, and the Edward...

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