THE W. L. STEED

No. 191.

39 F.2d 569 (1930)

THE W. L. STEED. THE HULVER. PAN AMERICAN PETROLEUM & TRANSPORT CO. v. UNITED STATES.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

March 3, 1930.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles H. Tuttle, U. S. Atty., and Horace M. Gray, Sp. Asst. in Admiralty to U. S. Atty., both of New York City.

Burlingham, Veeder, Fearey, Clark & Hupper, of New York City (Chauncey I. Clark, and Eugene Underwood, Jr., both of New York City, of counsel), for appellee.

Before L. HAND, AUGUSTUS N. HAND, and CHASE, Circuit Judges.


CHASE, Circuit Judge.

This appeal presents solely the question of how much damage was done to the libelant's steamship W. L. Steed when it was in collision with the tank barge Portsmouth in tow of the Shipping Board's steamtug Hulver in the Panuco River, Mexico, on May 25, 1920.

The W. L. Steed, a single screw vessel four hundred thirty feet long, was loaded alongside the Huasteca Dock on the Panuco river below Tampico, Mexico, with a full cargo of petroleum...

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