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THE NEW YORK COMPANY v. THE ROBIN DONCASTER

Nos. 11606, 11607, 11635.

233 F.2d 889 (1956)

THE NEW YORK COMPANY, Owner of THE AGRAM, v. THE ROBIN DONCASTER, Her Engines, Boilers, Tackle, Apparel, etc., and Seas Shipping Company, Inc., Owner and Operator of The Robin Doncaster, Appellant. Matter of the Petition of Robert B. WATHEN for Exoneration from and for Limitation of Liability, as Owner of THE RUTH. Seas Shipping Company, Inc., Individually and as Owner and Claimant of The Robin Doncaster, Appellant. Petition of Robert B. WATHEN, as Owner of The Ruth for Exoneration from and Limitation of Liability. The New York Company, Owner of The Agram, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals Third Circuit.

Decided May 17, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas E. Bryne, Jr., Philadephia, Pa. (Krusen, Evans & Shaw, Philadelphia, Pa., Winthrop O. Cook, New York City, on the brief), for appellant, Seas Shipping Co., Inc., and The Robin Doncaster.

Max Taylor, New York City, for Wathen.

James B. Doak, Philadelphia, Pa. (LaBrum & Doak, Philadelphia, Pa., on the brief), for The New York Co.

Maurice A. Krisel, New York City, Benjamin F. Stahl, Jr., Philadelphia, Pa. (Krisel, Beck & Taylor, New York City, Clark, Ladner, Fortenbaugh & Young, Philadelphia, Pa., on the brief), for appellee.

Before GOODRICH, McLAUGHLIN and STALEY, Circuit Judges.

STALEY, Circuit Judge.

This opinion considers three appeals (Nos. 11,606, 11,607, and 11,635) which have been taken from decrees entered by the district court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, following a consolidated trial of three suits which resulted from a collision of vessels in the Delaware river involving the steamship Robin Doncaster, owned and operated by the Seas Shipping Company, Inc., and the barge Agram, owned by the Tug New York Company, which...

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