WESSEL DUVAL & CO. v. CHARLESTON LIGHTERAGE & TRANSFER CO.

No. 929.

25 F.2d 126 (1928)

WESSEL, DUVAL & CO. v. CHARLESTON LIGHTERAGE & TRANSFER CO.

District Court, E. D. South Carolina.

March 31, 1928.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Huger, Wilbur, Miller & Mouzon, of Charleston, S. C., for petitioner.

Middleton & Middleton, of Charleston, S. C., for claimants.

Before HALE, District Judge, sitting in this district under designation of the Chief Justice.


HALE, District Judge.

The petitioner seeks to exonerate itself from all liability by reason of the sinking of the lighter No. 25 on October 22, 1925, and the consequent loss of her cargo, and, failing in that, to limit its liability.

The libel in rem is against the tug Courier and lighter No. 25, and in personam against the Charleston Lighterage & Transfer Company, by Wessel, Duval & Co., alleging damages as cargo owners of the cargo on the lighter...

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