WOOD v. VILLAGE of NORTHPORT

No. 20675.

186 F.Supp. 237 (1960)

Ellis WOOD, owner and master of THE Oil Screw SAMPAN, Libellant, v. VILLAGE OF NORTHPORT, Respondent.

United States District Court E. D. New York.

September 1, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Purdy, Lamb & Catoggio, New York City, for libellant, by Edmund F. Lamb, New York City, of counsel.

Macklin, Speer, Hanan & McKernan, New York City, for respondent, by John C. Hart, New York City, of counsel.


BYERS, District Judge.

This cause arises from the sinking of the Sampan on February 17, 1958 while tied up to a timber pier in Northport Harbor owned by the Village of Northport, Long Island. The individual respondents named in the original libel, and the later impleaded respondent Cochrane, were dismissed from the cause on consent, at the conclusion of the trial.

The fact of sinking is not in dispute; the cause thereof, and the question of liability, are...

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