UNITED STATES v. BALLARD OIL CO. OF HARTFORD

No. 42, Docket 22083.

195 F.2d 369 (1952)

UNITED STATES v. BALLARD OIL CO. OF HARTFORD, Inc.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided April 3, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Benjamin Hinman, Shipman & Goodwin, Hartford, Conn., Robert Ewing, Hartford, Conn., of counsel, for defendant-appellant.

Adrian W. Maher, U. S. Atty., Hartford, Conn., Wallace R. Burke, Hartford, Conn., of counsel, for plaintiff-appellee.

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


PER CURIAM.

The only question involved in this appeal is whether the escape of oil from the defendant's tank, which found its way into the Connecticut River at Wethersfield, Connecticut, constituted a violation of § 407 of Title 33 U.S.C.A. Agents of the defendant were emptying one of its barges which lay in the river into a tank on the shore, but they negligently forgot to observe that the tank was already partly full. Consequently they pumped into it 6700 barrels...

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