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CORNELL STEAMBOAT COMPANY v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 230, 231, Dockets 24227, 24228.

247 F.2d 275 (1957)

CORNELL STEAMBOAT COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellant. CORNELL STEAMBOAT COMPANY, as Owner of THE CORNELL NO. 20, Libellant-Appellee, v. UNITED STATES of America, Respondent-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided August 5, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul W. Williams, U. S. Atty. for Southern District of New York, New York City (George Cochran Doub, Asst. Atty. Gen., Leavenworth Colby, Chief Admiralty & Shipping Section Department of Justice, Washington, D. C.; Louis E. Greco, Attorney, Department of Justice, New York City, of counsel), for appellant.

Kirlin, Campbell & Keating, New York City (Edwin S. Murphy and Paul F. McGuire, New York City, of counsel), for appellee.

Before MEDINA and WATERMAN, Circuit Judges, and GALSTON, District Judge.

GALSTON, District Judge.

The Cornell Steamboat Company sued in two actions to recover the sum of $25,000 for damage to its tug Cornell No. 20, allegedly caused by the negligence of the United States acting through the members of the United States Coast Guard and the Department of the Army.

The United States appeals from both the judgment entered in the civil action and the final decree entered in the admiralty suit, awarding half damages to plaintiff-libellant...

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