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MARYLAND SHIPBUILD. & DRY. CO. v. PATAPSCO SCRAP CORP.

No. 3924.

169 F.Supp. 605 (1959)

MARYLAND SHIPBUILDING & DRYDOCK COMPANY, a body corporate, Libellant, v. PATAPSCO SCRAP CORPORATION, a body corporate, Owner of THE S.S. ISAAC T. MANN, Respondent.

United States District Court D. Maryland.

January 13, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George E. Beechwood, Beechwood & Lovitt, Philadelphia, Pa., William B. Rafferty, Miles & Stockbridge, Baltimore, Md., for libellant.

David R. Owen, James D. Peacock, Semmes, Bowen & Semmes, Baltimore, Md., for respondent.

R. DORSEY WATKINS, District Judge.

On October 15, 1954, at about 4:10 p.m. the S.S. Isaac T. Mann (Mann), owned by the respondent (Patapsco) and moored at its pier No. 3 in Baltimore harbor, broke loose from its moorings, drifted across the Patapsco River and collided with the pier of the Maryland Shipbuilding & Drydock Company (Maryland) causing damages in the agreed amount of $86,000. On April 24, 1957 Maryland sued Patapsco for these damages alleging that they...

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