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SOUTHERN COTTON OIL CO. v. UNITED STATES

No. 8056.

84 F.2d 509 (1936)

SOUTHERN COTTON OIL CO. v. UNITED STATES et al.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 26, 1936.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edwin C. Hollins, of New Orleans, La., and Douglas D. Crystal and Forrest E. Single, both of New York City, for appellants.

William E. Collins, Dist. Counsel, U. S. Shipping Board, Merchant Fleet Corporation, of New York City, and Lucian Y. Ray, Sp. Atty. in Admiralty, and William I. Connelly, Senior Examiner, Insurance Division, U. S. Shipping Board, both of New Orleans, La., for appellees.

Before FOSTER, SIBLEY, and HOLMES, Circuit Judges.

SIBLEY, Circuit Judge.

The libel of the Southern Cotton Oil Company was filed October 27, 1932, against the United States and United States Shipping Board Merchant Fleet Corporation, formerly called United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation, for damages to a cargo of peanuts shipped on the West Eldara, a merchant vessel of the United States, from Yokohama to Savannah in May, 1920, which in consequence of a stranding of the vessel in the vicinity of...

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