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UTILITY SERVICE CORP. v. HILLMAN TRANSPORTATION CO.

Nos. 12080, 12081.

244 F.2d 121 (1957)

UTILITY SERVICE CORPORATION v. HILLMAN TRANSPORTATION COMPANY, Appellant. Harry ZUBIK v. HILLMAN TRANSPORTATION COMPANY, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals Third Circuit.

Decided May 8, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clyde A. Armstrong, Pittsburgh, Pa. (Thorp, Reed & Armstrong, Pittsburgh, Pa., on the brief), for Hillman Transp. Co.

Harland I. Casteel, Pittsburgh, Pa. (Campbell, Houck & Thomas, Pittsburgh, Pa., on the brief), proctors for Utility Service Corp., and Harry Zubik, appellees.

Before MARIS, McLAUGHLIN and STALEY, Circuit Judges.

STALEY, Circuit Judge.

The Ohio River is formed by the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers below the downtown area of the city of Pittsburgh. A maritime collision occurring in the Ohio River at a point 2.2 miles below this junction provides the basis for these appeals in admiralty.

The Utility Service Corporation, one of the libellants, contracted with the Duquesne Light Company to lay a cable in a trench which it was to excavate in the bed...

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