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THE PHŒNIX CONSTRUCTION COMPANY v. THE STEAMER POUGHKEEPSIE &c. AND THE STEAMER HOMER RAMSDELL &c. CENTRAL HUDSON STEAMBOAT COMPANY, CLAIMANT, 1908 — 212 U.S. 558 · caselaw · US
Admiralty
THE PHŒNIX CONSTRUCTION COMPANY v. THE STEAMER POUGHKEEPSIE &c. AND THE STEAMER HOMER RAMSDELL &c. CENTRAL HUDSON STEAMBOAT COMPANY, CLAIMANT
212 U.S. 558·Supreme Court of the United States·1908
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THE PHŒNIX CONSTRUCTION COMPANY v. THE STEAMER POUGHKEEPSIE &c. AND THE STEAMER HOMER RAMSDELL &c. CENTRAL HUDSON STEAMBOAT COMPANY, CLAIMANT.
APPEAL FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK.
No. 401.
Motion to dismiss or affirm. —
Submitted October 26, 1908.
Decided November 30, 1908.
The judgment of the admiralty court dismissing for want of jurisdiction a libel against a vessel for damages to a pipe on the bottom of the Hudson River, affirmed without opinion.
Mr. E. Crosby Kindetberger for libellant appellant:
Mr. J. Parker Kirlin for claimant appellee.
[MAJORITY — Per Curiam:]
Per Curiam:
Decree affirmed with costs. Cleveland Terminal & Valley Railroad Company v. Cleveland Steamship Company, 208 U. S. 316; The Troy, 208 U. S. 321.