ZELLER MARINE CORPORATION v. NESSA CORPORATION

No. 103, Docket 20786.

166 F.2d 32 (1948)

ZELLER MARINE CORPORATION v. NESSA CORPORATION.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

February 11, 1948.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Purdy & Lamb, of New York City (Edmund F. Lamb, of New York City, of counsel), for Zeller Marine Corporation, libellant-appellant.

Bigham, Englar, Jones & Houston, of New York City (Andrew J. McElhinney, of New York City, of counsel), for Nessa Corporation, respondent-appellee.

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


AUGUSTUS N. HAND, Circuit Judge.

The libellant, Zeller Marine Corporation, as managing owner of the scow "Zeller No. 12," brought this suit in admiralty to recover damages sustained by the scow on November 20, 1941, through the negligence of the respondent, Nessa Corporation, a stevedoring company, in allowing a draft of steel girders, that was being unloaded from the scow by a sling, to fall from the sling, penetrate the deck of the scow and strike against the top...

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