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OLD TIME MOLASSES CO. v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 5418, 5419.

31 F.2d 963 (1929)

OLD TIME MOLASSES CO. et al. v. UNITED STATES. et al. OLD TIME MOLASSES CO. v. NEW ORLEANS COAL & BISSO TOWBOAT CO.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied May 15, 1929.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James W. Ryan, of New York City, and Eugie V. Parham, of New Orleans, La. (Bigham, Englar & Jones, of New York City, on the brief), for appellants.

Edouard F. Henriques, Sp. Asst. in Admiralty to the U. S. Atty., and W. I. Connelly, Atty. U. S. Shipping Board, both of New Orleans, La., for the United States.

Philip S. Gidiere, of New Orleans, La. (Spencer, Gidiere, Phelps & Dunbar, of New Orleans, La., on the brief), for appellee New Orleans Coal & Bisso Towboat Co.

Before BRYAN and FOSTER, Circuit Judges, and GRUBB, District Judge.

FOSTER, Circuit Judge.

These two cases involve practically the same issues, and may be disposed of in one opinion.

On February 14, 1923, at about 5:45 o'clock a. m., a collision occurred in the Mississippi river, in the harbor of New Orleans, between the concrete ship San Pasqual, owned by the Old Time Molasses Company, and the steamship Colorado Springs, owned by the United States. At the time of the collision, the San Pasqual was in tow of the steam tug...

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