CORNELL STEAMBOAT COMPANY v. UNITED STATES


138 F.Supp. 16 (1956)

CORNELL STEAMBOAT COMPANY v. UNITED STATES of America. CORNELL STEAMBOAT COMPANY and THE Tug CORNELL NO. 20 v. UNITED STATES of America.

United States District Court S. D. New York.

February 15, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kirlin, Campbell & Keating, New York City, for Cornell Steamboat Co. Edwin S. Murphy, Paul F. McGuire, New York City, of counsel.

Paul W. Williams, U. S. Atty., Louis E. Greco, Atty., Department of Justice, New York City, for the United States.


DIMOCK, District Judge.

Cornell Steamboat Company sues the United States for damage to its tug Cornell No. 20 arising from collision with the unmarked wreck Colonel Smith near the Albany Day Line Pier at Kingston, New York. Two actions are brought. One, containing a single claim, under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. §§ 1346(b), 2671 et seq., and another, containing two claims, one under the Suits in Admiralty Act, 46 U.S.C. § 741 et seq., and...

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