THE MASCOT

Nos. 8421, 8451.

28 F.Supp. 770 (1939)

THE MASCOT. THE WILLIAM L. HOOPER. CONNECTICUT FIRE INS. CO. v. SMITH & RICHARDS LUMBER CO., Inc. EASTERN TRANSP. CO. v. COOPERATIVE G. L. F. SOIL BUILDING SERVICE Inc., et al.

District Court, D. New Jersey.

August 14, 1939.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hatch & Wolfe and Henry P. Elliott, all of New York City, for Connecticut Fire Ins. Co., Libellant, and Cooperative G. L. F. Soil Building Service, Inc., Respondent.

Foley & Martin and Christopher E. Heckman, all of New York City, for Eastern Transp. Co.

Douglas V. Aitken, of Bridgeton, N. J., and Howard M. Long, of Philadelphia, Pa., for Smith & Richards Lumber Co., Inc.


FORMAN, District Judge.

These two suits, consolidated for trial, arise out of the sinking of the barge, "William L. Hooper", in the Cohansey River, which occurred on November 23, 1936 at Bridgeton, New Jersey, off the dock of Smith & Richards Lumber Company. The "William L. Hooper" was laden with a cargo of fertilizer consigned to the Cooperative G. L. F. Soil Building Service, Inc., hereinafter referred to as the G. L. F. The Connecticut Fire Insurance Company...

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