U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 1943

Jacobus Grauwiller Co. v. Reichert

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · Decided June 28, 1943 · Frank, Hand

136 F.2d 904; 1943 U.S. App. LEXIS 3165; 1943 A.M.C. 822 (Federal Reporter, Second Series)

Counsel

Christopher E. Heckman, for'appellants., Gerald J. McKernan, for appellees.

Cases that cite this one

8 later published cases cite this decision. The 7 that cite it most often are listed here.

Union Oil Company Of California v. M/V Point Dover (5th Cir. 1985)
Union Oil Co. v. M/V Point Dover (5th Cir. 1985)
In re Bloomfield Steamship Co. (2d Cir. 1970)
In re Petition of Henry Du Bois'sons Co. (District Court, S.D. New York 1960)
Kulack v. the Pearl Jack (District Court, W.D. Michigan 1948)
The Cleveco (6th Cir. 1946)
Cleveland Tankers, Inc. v. Szwed (6th Cir. 1946)

This list shows which later cases cite this one. It does not say how they treated it, and no review of that has been done. Not a substitute for Shepard’s or KeyCite — verify before relying.

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

There was no evidence to charge the owner of the tug, “Mattie,” personally. Plainly, the collision happened because the tug’s master failed to make enough allowance for the tide. The judge found that the steering gear of the tug was not defective, although it was antiquated and outmoded, and that finding was certainly not “clearly erroneous.” The same is true of his finding that the master of the “Mattie” was a competent navigator. There is not the slightest reason to suppose that, if the tug had been properly handled in the given instance, it was unfit to meet the situation; indeed, her master nearly admitted as much.

Decree affirmed.

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