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HAYES v. STANDARD WHOLESALE PHOSPHATE & ACID WORKS

No. 2957.

42 F.2d 375 (1930)

HAYES v. STANDARD WHOLESALE PHOSPHATE & ACID WORKS, Inc., et al. THE PICTON. THE CARL D. COLONNA.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

June 18, 1930.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry N. Abercrombie and J. Craig McLanahan, both of Baltimore, Md., for appellant.

George W. P. Whip, of Baltimore, Md. (Lord & Whip, of Baltimore, Md., on the brief), for appellee Standard Wholesale Phosphate & Acid Works, Inc.

Leon T. Seawell, of Norfolk, Va. (Hughes, Little & Seawell, of Norfolk, Va., and T. H. Swank, of Baltimore, Md., on the brief), for appellees the Carl D. Colonna and Norfolk Lighterage Co., Inc.

Before NORTHCOTT, Circuit Judge, and BAKER and GRONER, District Judges.

GRONER, District Judge.

On the early morning of January 1, 1928, the tug Colonna, with a tow of five barges, left Baltimore for Hampton Roads. The wind was strong southwest, and storm signals had been shown since the day before. When about 6 or 8 miles below Baltimore harbor, and before reaching the broad waters of the bay, the stern barge in the tow parted her hawser, and went adrift. In an effort to anchor the other barges, in order to go to the assistance of the...

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