RUGO CONST. CO. v. NEW ENGLAND FOUNDATION CO.

No. 4375.

172 F.2d 964 (1949)

RUGO CONST. CO., Inc. v. NEW ENGLAND FOUNDATION CO., Inc.

United States Court of Appeals First Circuit.

February 28, 1949.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James G. Fay, of Boston, Mass., for appellant.

Seymour P. Edgerton, of Boston, Mass. (Miles Wambaugh and Bingham, Dana & Gould, all of Boston, Mass., on the brief), for appellee.

Before MAGRUDER, Chief Judge, WOODBURY, Circuit Judge, and PETERS, District Judge.


WOODBURY, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a final decree entered in a libel in admiralty brought by the owner of a derrick lighter against her demise charterer to recover damages resulting from the sinking of the lighter. There is no longer any dispute over the essential facts.

The libellant-appellee, New England Foundation Company Incorporated, purchased the lighter involved on April 10, 1941, for $6,300. It...

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