DIXON CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, INC. v. VINCENT C. TURECAMO, INC.

No. 41, Docket 32708.

417 F.2d 619 (1969)

DIXON CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, INC., as owner of the BARGE DIXON CHEMICALS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. VINCENT C. TURECAMO, INC., and D/T BARNEY TURECAMO, her engines, etc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided November 3, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James M. Leonard, McHugh & Leonard, New York City, for plaintiff-appellant.

Christopher E. Heckman, New York City, (Stephen J. Buckley, Foley & Martin, New York City, on the brief), for defendants-appellees.

Before FRIENDLY, HAYS and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

On November 18, 1961, a 220-foot unmanned, steel tank barge, owned by the appellant, and loaded with 2,300 tons of sulphuric acid, was taken in tow by appellee's tug at Paulsboro, New Jersey, bound for Everett, Massachusetts. Shortly before this trip, the barge had been damaged in a collision, drydocked and repaired, including patching of the bow. It was thereafter given a temporary seaworthy certificate from the American Bureau of Shipping. The captain...

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