P. DOUGHERTY CO. v. UNITED STATES

No. 272, Docket 20988.

168 F.2d 464 (1948)

P. DOUGHERTY CO. v. UNITED STATES. UNITED STATES v. P. DOUGHERTY CO. THE WILMINGTON. THE ANNAPOLIS. THE CHEWINK. THE DUNMORE.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

June 3, 1948.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Foley & Martin, of New York City (Christopher E. Heckman, of New York City, of counsel), for appellant.

J. Vincent Keogh, U. S. Atty., of Brooklyn (Nicholas J. Healy, 3d, and Frank P. Cox, both of New York City, of counsel), for appellee.

Before AUGUSTUS N. HAND, CHASE, and FRANK, Circuit Judges.


AUGUSTUS N. HAND, Circuit Judge.

The P. Dougherty Company, owner of the tug Dunmore and the barges Wilmington and Annapolis, sued the United States in admiralty for damages to the barges alleging a negligent collision by the government vessel Chewink with them. The United States, owner of the Chewink, filed a cross suit against P. Dougherty Company for damages sustained by the Chewink in the collision through the negligence of Dougherty's tug Dunmore which had the...

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