SABINE TOWING CO. v. BRENNAN

No. 7267.

72 F.2d 490 (1934)

SABINE TOWING CO., Inc., v. BRENNAN et al.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied August 27, 1934.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John D. Grace, M. A. Grace, and Edwin H. Grace, all of New Orleans, La., for appellant.

H. C. Hughes, of Galveston, Tex., and M. G. Adams, of Beaumont, Tex., for appellees.

Before BRYAN, FOSTER, and HUTCHESON, Circuit Judges.


HUTCHESON, Circuit Judge.

Appellant, petitioner in "a cause of exoneration from or limitation of liability" on account of the sinking of the tugboat Edgar F. Coney and the loss of her crew, was unsuccessful below. The District Judge found that the weather in which the Coney was operating at the time it sank was not unusual, but reasonably to be expected at that time of year. He thought petitioner had failed to carry the burden it was under to show that the tug was...

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