THE WINNECONNE

No. 6266.

59 F.2d 660 (1932)

THE WINNECONNE. UNITED STATES v. WINNECONNE S. S. CO. et al.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied August 1, 1932.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edouard F. Henriques, Sp. Asst. in Admiralty to U. S. Atty., W. B. Spencer, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., and W. I. Connelly, Atty., U. S. Shipping Board, all of New Orleans, La.

Henry H. Chaffe and Jas. Hy. Bruns, both of New Orleans, La., and John C. Prizer, of New York City, for appellee.

Before BRYAN, SIBLEY, and HUTCHESON, Circuit Judges.


SIBLEY, Circuit Judge.

During a sudden squall on the Mississippi river in the harbor of New Orleans on March 31, 1921, the steamship Cecil County, belonging to the United States, came into collision with the steamship Winneconne, belonging to Winneconne Steamship Company and broke her loose from her anchorage, the Winneconne afterwards striking four other ships belonging to the United States and the Cecil County striking one or two more. Several libels and cross-libels...

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