THE WATUPPA

Nos. 16909, 17202.

72 F.Supp. 13 (1946)

THE WATUPPA. MORRIS & CUMINGS DREDGING CO., Inc., v. UNITED STATES et al. THE WILLIAM H. PRESCOTT.

District Court, E. D. New York.

June 18, 1946.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hagen & Eidenbach and Nelson J. Johnson, both of New York City, for Morris & Cumings Dredging Co., Inc.

T. Vincent Quinn, U. S. Atty. for Eastern Dist. of New York, and Vincent A. Catoggio, Jr., both of New York City, for the United States.

Mahar & Mason and Frank C. Mason, both of New York City, for McCarren Towing Line, Inc.


INCH, District Judge.

Libellant, owner of the dump scows M.54 and E.R. 20, sues the United States of America, owner of the S.S. Prescott, and the tug Watuppa, McCarren Towing Line, Inc., claimant. The United States of America has brought a cross-action against the tug Watuppa and the McCarren Towing Line, Inc., and both actions were duly tried together.

The controversy arises from a collision between the scows mentioned and the Prescott about two o'clock in...

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