(DOWNLOAD) "Matton Oil Transfer Corp. v. Dynamic" by United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit * eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Matton Oil Transfer Corp. v. Dynamic
- Author : United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
- Release Date : January 01, 1941
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 59 KB
Description
We are presented with the decision of this appeal, involving claims for collision damages in the admiralty, without help from the district judge by way of a finding of facts or conclusions of law. At the end of the trial, the court forthwith stated from the bench: "Decree for the libellant against the Dynamic only. The Cree exonerated. The court finds prima facie evidence of damage, and that is all it has to find, and it will appoint a commissioner to assess damages only that were caused by this collision on January 17, 1940." Nothing else approaching a finding appears, though there is a recital in the interlocutory decree, signed some two weeks later, that "the court, after due deliberation, having rendered its oral opinion at the conclusion of the trial, finding the facts and conclusions of law, and holding the tug Dynamic solely at fault for the damages mentioned in libel, and directing that libellant is entitled to a decree against the diesel tug Dynamic," it was therefore adjudged, etc.