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CITY OF PHILADELPHIA v. S. C. LOVELAND CO.

Civ. No. 7018.

81 F.Supp. 585 (1948)

CITY OF PHILADELPHIA v. S. C. LOVELAND CO., Inc.

United States District Court E. D. Pennsylvania.

July 12, 1948.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Coe Farrier, of Somerton, Pa., and Howard M. Long and Howard T. Long, both of Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiff.

Clark, Brown, McGown, Fortenbaugh & Young, of Philadelphia, Pa., for defendant.

KIRKPATRICK, Chief Judge.

This is a civil action brought by the City of Philadelphia to recover for damage to four bridges occasioned at various times by the collision with the bridge structures of barges being towed by the defendant's tugboat, the William J. Scott.

The plaintiff relies on the principle of law that when a vessel comes into collision with a stationary object an inference of negligence arises, and...

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