NEDERLANDSCHE INDISCHE T. MAATS v. STANDARD OIL CO.

Nos. 6835, 6845.

66 F.2d 113 (1933)

NEDERLANDSCHE INDISCHE TANKSTOOMBOOT MAATS et al. v. STANDARD OIL CO. (N. J.) et al. THE THOMAS H. WHEELER. ZIANGLING CHANG v. STANDARD OIL CO. (N. J.).

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied August 16, 1933.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Victor Leovy and Jas. Hy. Bruns, both of New Orleans, La., for appellants.

William H. McGrann and Lucien V. Axtell, both of New York City, and W. J. Waguespack, H. W. Waguespack, and Charles Austin O'Niell, Jr., all of New Orleans, La., for appellees.

In No. 6845:

W. J. Waguespack and Herbert W. Waguespack, both of New Orleans, La., and Lucien V. Axtell, of New York City, for appellant.

William H. McGrann, of New York City, and Charles A. O'Niell, Jr., of New Orleans, La., for appellee.

Before BRYAN, SIBLEY, and HUTCHESON, Circuit Judges.


HUTCHESON, Circuit Judge.

By these two appeals it is sought to reverse the decree of the District Court entered in a cause of collision between the steamships Silvanus, appellants owners, and the Wheeler, appellee owner, which occurred on the night of April 8, in the Mississippi river, about forty miles below New Orleans. They present for decision the correctness of the finding of the District Judge that the Wheeler is entitled to complete exemption from liability...

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