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P. DOUGHERTY CO. v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 1654, 1670.

97 F.Supp. 287 (1951)

P. DOUGHERTY CO. v. UNITED STATES. STEAMTUG BARLOW CORP. v. UNITED STATES.

United States District Court D. Delaware.

March 7, 1951.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward W. Cooch, Jr. (of Morford, Bennethum, Marvel & Cooch), of Wilmington, Del., and Christopher E. Heckman (of Foley & Martin), of New York City, for libelant, P. Dougherty Co.

Thomas Herlihy, Jr., of Wilmington, Del., and Henry C. Eidenbach (of Hagen, Senecal & Eidenbach), of New York City, for libelant Steamtug Barlow Corp.

Francis A. Reardon, Asst. U. S. Atty., of Wilmington, Del., and T. F. McGovern, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C., for respondent, United States of America.

RODNEY, District Judge.

This opinion is concerned with two cases, The P. Dougherty Company v. United States of America, No. 1654 in Admiralty, and Steamtug Barlow Corporation v. United States of America, No. 1670 in Admiralty, which were consolidated for purposes of trial.

In the first of the above named actions the libelant seeks to recover for damage suffered by the barge Harford on April 23, 1947, allegedly by reason of the negligence of the Coast Guard...

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