MORRIS & CUMINGS DREDGING CO. v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 187, 188, Dockets 20488, 20489.

162 F.2d 441 (1947)

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

Circuit Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

May 28, 1947.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Vincent Keogh, U. S. Atty., of New York City, (Vincent A. Catoggio, Sp. Asst. U. S. Atty., of New York City, of counsel), for the United States.

Mahar & Mason, of New York City (Frank C. Mason, of New York City, of counsel), for appellee McCarren Towing Line.

Hagen & Eidenbach, of New York City (Nelson J. Johnson, of New York City, of counsel), for appellee Morris & Cumings Dredging Co., Inc.

Before L. HAND, AUGUSTUS N. HAND and CLARK, Circuit Judges.


AUGUSTUS N. HAND, Circuit Judge.

In these consolidation suits in admiralty, arising out of a collision in the vicinity of the Statute of Liberty Anchorage in New York Harbor, the United States, owner of the S. S. William H. Prescott, appeals from two decrees of the District Court for the Eastern District of New York, namely, the interlocutory decree in the first of the above captioned suits and the final decree in the second suit, which held the United States solely...

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