THE PIANKATANK

No. 4084.

87 F.2d 806 (1937)

THE PIANKATANK. NEW CASTLE TERMINAL CO. et al. v. UNITED FRUIT CO.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

January 9, 1937.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George W. P. Whip, of Baltimore, Md. (Lord & Whip, of Baltimore, Md., on the brief), for appellants.

C. Marshall Barton, Jr., and Randolph Barton, Jr., both of Baltimore, Md. (Barton, Wilmer, Bramble, Addison & Semans, of Baltimore, Md., and John L. Warren, of Boston, Mass., on the brief), for appellee.

Before PARKER and SOPER, Circuit Judges, and WATKINS, District Judge.


WATKINS, District Judge.

Appellee, owner of the steamship Telde, filed its libel against appellants in consequence of a collision which took place between the steamships Piankatank and Telde on July 18, 1935, at about 5 o'clock, p. m., in broad daylight and under normal conditions of wind, tide, and visibility. The accident occurred in what is known as "the basin," which embraces the extreme western or dead end of the harbor at Baltimore, Md., and begins in the angle...

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