STRECKFUS STEAMBOAT LINE v. UNITED STATES

No. 5232.

27 F.2d 251 (1928)

STRECKFUS STEAMBOAT LINE v. UNITED STATES.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 29, 1928.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John D. Grace, M. A. Grace, and Edwin H. Grace, all of New Orleans, La. (John D., M. A. & Edwin H. Grace, of New Orleans, La., on the brief), for appellant.

Henry P. Dart, Jr., and H. Grady Price, both of New Orleans, La. (Dart & Dart, of New Orleans, La., on the brief), for the United States.

Before WALKER, BRYAN, and FOSTER, Circuit Judges.


FOSTER, Circuit Judge.

On April 7, 1921, a collision occurred in the port of New Orleans between the steamboat Capitol, owned by appellant, and the steam tug Gwalia, owned by the United States, and operated in the Mississippi-Warrior service. The Capitol is a large, stern wheel, river steamboat, approximately 756 feet long and 50 feet beam, and was engaged in carrying excursionists about the harbor of New Orleans in the winter...

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