TIDE-WATER PIPE COMPANY v. THE CREST

No. 285, Docket 25908.

278 F.2d 489 (1960)

TIDE-WATER PIPE COMPANY, Limited, Libelant-Appellee, v. THE CREST and Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company, Claimant-Respondent-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided May 25, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hagen, Johnson & Markey, New York City, Charles W. Hagen and Richard A. Hagen, New York City, of counsel, for claimant-respondent-appellant.

Pyne, Brush, Smith & Michelsen, New York City, Warner Pyne and Monroe J. Cahn, New York City, of counsel, for libelant-appellee.

Before SWAN, CLARK and FRIENDLY, Circuit Judges.


SWAN, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a final decree in admiralty granting libelant-appellee recovery for damages resulting from the negligence of appellant-respondent in accidentally hooking on to and bringing to the surface appellee's 6-inch oil pipeline, which crossed the Arthur Kill between Bayway, New Jersey and Gulfport, Staten Island, during dredging operations conducted by appellant under a contract with the United States Army Engineers. The accident...

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