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COASTAL DRYDOCK CORPORATION v. UNITED STATES

No. 19988.

158 F.Supp. 425 (1958)

COASTAL DRYDOCK CORPORATION, Libelant, v. UNITED STATES of America, as owner of THE STEEL TUG NO. 871, Respondent.

United States District Court E. D. New York.

January 28, 1958.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Foley & Martin, New York City, for libelant, by John H. Hanrahan, Jr., New York City, of counsel.

Cornelius W. Wickersham, Jr., U. S. Atty., for Eastern Dist. of New York, Brooklyn, N. Y., for respondent, by Walter L. Hopkins, Trial Atty., Dept. of Justice, New York City, of counsel.

BYERS, Chief Judge.

In this cause the libelant seeks a decree against the United States in personam, as owner of the Steel Tug No. 871, and the latter in rem, because on August 25, 1952 at about 8:00 P.M. that vessel caused damage to the drydock #2 and pier 3 in libelant's yard in Staten Island, the County of Richmond, within this district.

The facts of the striking of the drydock and damage to the pier are uncontested.

Nor is there any dispute concerning...

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