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IN RE STEAMSHIP COMPANY NORDEN

6 F.2d 883 (1925)

In re STEAMSHIP COMPANY NORDEN. THE NORDHVALEN.

District Court, D. Maryland.

June 26, 1925.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George Forbes, of Baltimore, Md., Robert S. Erskine, of New York City, and Henry L. Wortche, of Baltimore, Md., for owners of the Nordhvalen.

George W. P. Whip, of Baltimore, Md., for Fidelity Phœnix Fire Ins. Co.

John Henry Skeen and Lee S. Meyer and Wallis Giffen, all of Baltimore, Md., for African S. S. Co., owner of the Barracoo.

Janney, Ober, Slingluff & Williams and Robert W. Williams, all of Baltimore, Md., for D. L. Flack & Co.

SOPER, District Judge.

On April 6, 1923, shortly before 8 p. m., a calm, clear, starlit night, the steamship Nordhvalen was sunk as the result of a collision with the steamship Barracoo in the Craighill Channel near the mouth of the Patapsco river. The Nordhvalen was bound out, laden with a cargo of coal, and the Barracoo was bound in light to ship a cargo of coal at the port of Baltimore. The Barracoo filed a libel against...

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