Metropolitan S. Grvl. v. Petterson L. T

Full title: METROPOLITAN SAND GRAVEL CORPORATION, as owner of the Scow G.G. 118…

Court: Circuit Court of Appeals, Second Circuit

Date published: Jul 6, 1944

143 F.2d 599 (2d Cir. 1944)

Opinion

No. 383.

July 6, 1944.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.

From an interlocutory decree of the District Court holding the New York Socony solely at fault for a collision with the Scow G.G. 118, owned by libellant, Metropolitan Sand Gravel Corporation, while in tow of the Tug Bon, owned by the respondent, Petterson Lighterage Towing Corporation, the claimant Socony-Vacuum Oil Company, Incorporated, appeals.

John W. Knox, of New York City, for claimant-appellant, Socony-Vacuum Oil Co., Incorporated.

Macklin, Brown, Lenahan Speer, of New York City (Leo F. Hanan, of New York City, of counsel), for libellant Metropolitan Sand Gravel Corporation.

Kirlin, Campbell, Hickox, Keating McGrann, of New York City (Robert S. Erskine, of counsel), for respondent-appellee, Petterson Lighterage Towing Corporation.

Before AUGUSTUS N. HAND, CHASE, and FRANK, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

Decree, 54 F. Supp. 958, affirmed.