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UNITED STATES v. WILSON

No. 238, Docket 23818.

235 F.2d 251 (1956)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Edward J. WILSON, Frank Lorenz, and Gordon Miller, doing business as Ludlow Marine Basin, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided August 3, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George C. Mantzoros, Asst. U. S. Atty., Southern District of New York, New York City (Paul W. Williams, U. S. Atty., S. D. N. Y., New York City, on the brief), for plaintiff-appellant.

Myle J. Holley, New York City, for Edward J. Wilson and Frank Lorenz, defendants-appellees.

James Bennett, Yonkers, N. Y., for Gordon Miller, defendant-appellee.

Before MEDINA, HINCKS and WATERMAN, Circuit Judges.

HINCKS, Circuit Judge.

This is an action brought by the United States to compel the defendants to remove a sunken barge from the Hudson River at Verplanck, New York. The defendants in succession each owned the barge at one time. The suit was brought under the Rivers and Harbors Acts of 18901 and 1899.2

Judge Clancy found that the defendant Wilson owned the barge at the time when it sank in 1938; that...

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