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THE VARANGER

No. 3164.

50 F.2d 724 (1931)

THE VARANGER. WESTFAL-LARSEN & CO. v. BALTIMORE & CAROLINA LINE, Inc.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

June 17, 1931.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Ainsworth Parker, of Baltimore, Md. (Brune, Parker, Carey & Gans, of Baltimore, Md., on the brief), for appellant.

J. Harvey Turnure, of New York City (Kirlin, Campbell, Hickox, Keating & McGrann, of New York City, Janney, Ober & Williams, of Baltimore, Md., and Ira A. Campbell, of New York City, on the brief), for appellee.

Before NORTHCOTT and SOPER, Circuit Judges, and ERNEST F. COCHRAN, District Judge.

SOPER, Circuit Judge.

A collision took place on August 23, 1927, in the Neches river near the city of Beaumount, Tex., between the Norwegian steamship Varanger and the American steamship Dora Weems, as both vessels were proceeding down stream to the Gulf of Mexico. The river at this point is a narrow tortuous stream; and the collision took place when the Dora Weems overtook and attempted to pass the Varanger. Before attempting to pass, the Dora Weems sounded a passing...

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