PUBLICKER COM'L ALCOHOL CO. v. INDEPENDENT TOW. CO.

Nos. 9348, 9351.

165 F.2d 1002 (1948)

PUBLICKER COMMERCIAL ALCOHOL CO. v. INDEPENDENT TOWING CO. et al. SAME v. AMERICAN-HAWAIIAN S. S. CO.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided January 28, 1948.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

S. B. Fortenbaugh, Jr. of Philadelphia, Pa. (Benjamin F. Stahl, Jr., and Clark, Brown, McCown, Fortenbaugh & Young, all of Philadelphia, Pa., on the brief), for Publicker.

Thomas E. Byrne, of Philadelphia, Pa., (Krusen, Evans & Shaw, of Philadelphia, Pa., on the brief), for American-Hawaiian S.S. Co.

Robert G. Kelly, of Philadelphia, Pa., for Independent Towing Co.

Howard M. Long, of Philadelphia, Pa. (Howard T. Long, of Philadelphia, Pa., on the brief), for Tugboat Neptune Co. and Tugboat Triton Co.

Before BIGGS, GOODRICH, and McLAUGHLIN, Circuit Judges.


BIGGS, Circuit Judge.

The "William J. Worth," a vessel owned by the United States through the War Shipping Administration and operated by American Hawaiian Steamship Company under the usual General Agent Service Agreement,1 collided on September 30, 1944 with the end of Pier 103 in the Delaware River at Philadelphia. The pier was owned by Publicker Industries, Inc. Orders issued from army and navy authorities on September 29 scheduling...

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