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VIRGIN ISLANDS CORP. v. MERWIN LIGHTERAGE CO.

No. 12305.

251 F.2d 872 (1958)

VIRGIN ISLANDS CORPORATION, Appellant, v. The MERWIN LIGHTERAGE COMPANY, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Third Circuit.

Decided February 7, 1958.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Warren H. Young, Christiansted, St. Croix, Virgin Islands, for appellant.

John D. Merwin, Frederiksted, St. Croix, Virgin Islands, for appellee.

Before GOODRICH, KALODNER and HASTIE, Circuit Judges.

HASTIE, Circuit Judge.

We have here a dispute concerning legal responsibility for damage to cargo in the course of lighterage from ship to shore at the Port of Frederiksted in the Virgin Islands of the United States. This appeal has been taken by the libellant Virgin Islands Corporation, which was the owner and consignee of the cargo. It sued The Merwin Lighterage Company, a private carrier which had custody of the cargo at the time it was damaged. The cargo was machinery...

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