IN RE PETITION OF NEW JERSEY BARGING CORPORATION


144 F.Supp. 340 (1956)

Matter of the Petition of NEW JERSEY BARGING CORPORATION (DEL.), a corporation, for exoneration from or limitation of liability as owner of THE PERTH AMBOY NO. 1.

United States District Court S. D. New York.

May 18, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gay & Behrens, New York City, Edward J. Behrens, James A. Hageman, Charles H. Lawson, New York City, of counsel, for petitioner.

Fennelly, Eagan, Nager & Lage, New York City, William P. Lage, New York City, of counsel, for claimants-respondents, Point Lookout Ass'n et al.

Dow & Symmers, New York City, William Warner, New York City, of counsel, for claimants-respondents Orlando J. Bradley et al.


CASHIN, District Judge.

This is a limitation proceeding for exoneration from liability or limitation of liability by the petitioner, New Jersey Barging Corporation, as owner of the barge Perth Amboy No. 1.

Findings of Fact

1. The Perth Amboy No. 1, a tank barge of 1,022 gross tons, 204' long, constructed of steel, with the capacity of 15,600 barrels, at about 5:30 P. M. on September 26, 1954, tied up at T. A. D. Jones & Company's loading pier...

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