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Brooklyn Eastern District Terminal v. United States, 287 U.S. 170 (1932)
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Brooklyn Eastern District Terminal v. United States, 287 U.S. 170 (1932)
Brooklyn Eastern District Terminal v. United States No. 39 Argued October 21, 1932 Decided November 14, 1932 287 U.S. 170
CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT
Syllabus
1. Where one of several tugboats, all acquired, maintained, and used by their owners in a regular towing business, was laid up by collision and the owner provided no substitute, but took care of the business by working the other tugboats overtime, held erroneous, in assessing damages, to allow as demurrage the market cost of hiring a substitute during the time of repair. P. 174.
2. "Spare boat" doctrine considered and held inapplicable. P. 176.
3. An appeal to the Circuit Court of Appeals in admiralty case is a trial de novo.Id.
4. An assessment of damages in admiralty may be corrected on appeal if erroneous in law or extravagant in fact. Id.
54 F.2d 978 affirmed.
Certiorari, 286 U.S. 538, to review an admiralty decree modifying an assessment of damages in a collision case.
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Chicago: U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," Brooklyn Eastern District Terminal v. United States, 287 U.S. 170 (1932) in 287 U.S. 170 287 U.S. 172. Original Sources, accessed November 22, 2024, http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=EZ1ID8RD6L7AWW6.
MLA: U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." Brooklyn Eastern District Terminal v. United States, 287 U.S. 170 (1932), in 287 U.S. 170, page 287 U.S. 172. Original Sources. 22 Nov. 2024. http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=EZ1ID8RD6L7AWW6.
Harvard: U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Brooklyn Eastern District Terminal v. United States, 287 U.S. 170 (1932). cited in 1932, 287 U.S. 170, pp.287 U.S. 172. Original Sources, retrieved 22 November 2024, from http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=EZ1ID8RD6L7AWW6.
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