ELLERMAN LINES, LIMITED v. THE PRESIDENT HARDING

No. 287, Docket 26701.

288 F.2d 288 (1961)

ELLERMAN LINES, LIMITED, as Owner of THE Steamship CITY OF BRISTOL, Libelant-Appellee, v. THE Steamship PRESIDENT HARDING and American President Lines, Ltd., Claimant-Respondent-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided April 5, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Warner, New York City (Symmers, Fish & Warner, New York City), for claimant-respondent-appellant.

William E. Fuller, New York City, (Kirlin, Campbell & Keating, New York City), for libelant-appellee.

Before LUMBARD, Chief Judge, and WATERMAN and FRIENDLY, Circuit Judges.


FRIENDLY, Circuit Judge.

This appeal relates to an item of damages which libelant, Ellerman Lines, Limited, owner of the S.S. City of Bristol, claims to have resulted from a collision with the S.S. President Harding, while the City of Bristol lay at anchor in Ambrose Channel, fog-bound en route to New York, on Friday, February 11, 1955. The item, representing an agreed proportion (80%) of additional pier and unloading charges of $16,474.31 allegedly incurred by libelant...

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