ESSO STANDARD OIL COMPANY v. OIL SCREW TUG MALUCO I

Nos. 8037, 8057.

212 F.Supp. 449 (1963)

ESSO STANDARD OIL COMPANY, a foreign corporation, Libellant, v. OIL SCREW TUG MALUCO I and BARGE #127, their furniture, engines, tackle, apparel, etc., in rem, and M. F. Martin, Jr., Southern Transportation Co., Inc., and American Dredging Co., as owners and/or operators and/or charterers of said vessels, in personam, Respondents. ESSO STANDARD OIL COMPANY, Libellant, v. The OIL SCREW TUG MALUCO I, her furniture, engines, tackle, apparel, etc., and M. F. Martin, Jr., Respondents.

United States District Court E. D. Virginia, Norfolk Division.

January 16, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Seawell, McCoy, Winston & Dalton, Leon T. Seawell, Jr., and Robert M. Hughes, III, Norfolk, Va., for Esso Standard Oil Co.

Breeden, Howard & MacMillan, Robert R. MacMillan, Norfolk, Va., James J. Bierbower, Washington, D. C., for Tug Maluco I and Martin.

David H. Batchelder, Jr., Norfolk, Va., for American Dredging Co.


WALTER E. HOFFMAN, Chief Judge.

In cross-libels filed by Esso Standard Oil Company and American Dredging Co., Inc., damages are sought to be recovered as a result of a collision between the M/V ESSO POTOMAC, owned and operated by Esso Standard Oil Company, and the Barge #127, owned and operated by American Dredging Co., Inc., which barge was under tow by the Oil Screw Tug MALUCO I, owned by M. F. Martin, Jr., and under an oral charter to Southern Transportation Co...

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