DWYER LIGHTERAGE v. UNITED STATES


126 F.Supp. 767 (1954)

DWYER LIGHTERAGE Inc., charterer in possession of THE Grain Barge "C. J. CROSBY", Libellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, as owner and operator of THE S.S. "MARINE FLASHER", Respondent.

United States District Court, S. D. New York.

August 12, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Macklin, Speer, Hanan & McKernan, New York City, Charles J. Carroll, Jr., New York City, of counsel, for libellant.

J. Edward Lumbard, U. S. Atty., New York City, Gilbert S. Fleischer, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Brooklyn, N. Y., for respondent.


CONGER, District Judge.

Action for damages. The case was tried to the Court without a jury.

Libellant was the charterer in possession of the Grain Barge C. J. Crosby.

The S. S. Marine Flasher was a government owned vessel.

Libellant claims that on April 6, 1949 while the barge was moored outside of the grain elevator America on the south side of Pier 13, Staten Island it was struck and damaged by the S. S. Marine Flasher.

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