RICE v. CORNELL STEAMBOAT COMPANY

No. 19899.

153 F.Supp. 127 (1957)

Josephine RICE, as Executrix of the Estate of Philip Rice, Libelant, v. CORNELL STEAMBOAT COMPANY, Respondent.

United States District Court E. D. New York.

July 2, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mahar & Mason, New York City, by Frank C. Mason, New York City, for libelant.

Thacher, Proffitt, Prizer, Crawley & Wood, New York City, by Edward C. Kalaidjian, and Robert S. Stitt, New York City, for respondent.


BYERS, District Judge.

The libelant's cause is for substantial damage to the scow Elizabeth R sustained on November 25, 1950, in Haverstraw Bay, in that part called the Basin, where the New York Trap Rock's Long Cove Quarry was operated.

The precise claim against respondent, as pleaded, is that the latter was negligent in its duty as tower in failing to place the Elizabeth R in a safe berth on the night of November 24th, with the result that on the following...

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