THE SILVANUS

Nos. 18455, 18685.

56 F.2d 257 (1932)

THE SILVANUS. Petition of NEDERLANDSCHE INDISCHE TANKSTOOMBOOT MAATS. THE THOMAS H. WHEELER. Petition of STANDARD OIL CO. (N. J.).

District Court, E. D. Louisiana.

January 6, 1932.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Denegre, Leovy & Chaffe (by Henry H. Chaffe), of New Orleans, La., for the Silvanus.

Kirlin, Campbell, Hickox, Keating & McGrann (by W. H. McGrann), of New York City, and Charles A. O'Niell, Jr., of New Orleans, La., for Standard Oil Co. and the Wheeler.


BORAH, District Judge.

Both liability and the right to limit are questioned in the cases at bar.

These cases arise out of a collision that occurred in the Mississippi river about forty miles below New Orleans, on the evening of the 8th of April, 1926, between two tankers, the Silvanus bound down the river for sea, and the Thomas H. Wheeler, bound up the river from Texas City to Baton Rouge. The Silvanus, loaded to her summer marks, was carrying a cargo of...

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