THE O'BOYLE NO. 1


64 F.Supp. 378 (1945)

THE O'BOYLE NO. 1. Petition of ANTHONY O'BOYLE, Inc.

District Court, S. D. New York.

July 5, 1945.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Macklin, Brown, Lenahan & Speer, Leo F. Hanan and Richard S. Leahy, all of New York City, for petitioner.

Alexander & Ash and Edward Ash, all of New York City, and Nicholas Milano, of Long Island City, for Shamrock Towing Co., and as owner of scow Colonel G.

Robert Moers and Jacob Rassner, both of New York City, for claimant Fichter Steel Corporation.


KNOX, District Judge.

Anthony O'Boyle, Inc., owner of the floating crane O'Boyle No. 1, here seeks a limitation, or exoneration, of liability, growing out of an accident that occurred on the East River on March 19, 1943.

Generally speaking, the facts are these —

In June of 1942, Fichter Steel Corporation was about to engage in some construction work for the United States Navy at the foot of North First Street, nearby the Brooklyn Navy Yard....

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