Ulster Oil Transportation Corp. v. The Tug H. A. Meldrum

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Ulster Oil Transportation Corp. v. The Tug H. A. Meldrum, 229 F.2d 568 (2d Cir. 1956)

Ulster Oil Transportation Corp. v. The Tug H. A. Meldrum

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

Judge Byers’ opinion and findings, D. C.E.D.N.Y., 122 F.Supp. 767, which are fully sustained in the record, demonstrate that no negligence can be charged to either towing or passing tug for the three-inch stone found in, the side bottom of libelant’s barge after it had rubbed along the bank of the New York State Barge Canal. We also find point •’n the judge’s remark that with so large *569a barge in so small a channel “navigation in the Barge Canal is attended by certain obvious perils,” 122 F.Supp. 767, 769, apparent to the owners.

Affirmed.

Reference

Full Case Name
ULSTER OIL TRANSPORTATION CORPORATION, as owner of THE Barge PETROLEUM NO. 7, Libelant-Appellant v. THE Tug H. A. MELDRUM, Matton Towing Corporation, Claimant-Respondent-Appellee, and THE Tug BRIDGEPORT, Red Star Towing & Transportation Company, Claimant-Impleaded-Appellee
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