THE WILLIAM F. HUMPHREY

Nos. 15478, 15538.

26 F.Supp. 1 (1939)

THE WILLIAM F. HUMPHREY. THE POTTER. TIDE WATER ASSOCIATED OIL CO. v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. UNITED STATES v. TIDE WATER ASSOCIATED OIL CO.

District Court, E. D. New York.

January 18, 1939.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Emery & Pyne, of New York City (Warner Pyne and V. A. Catoggio, Jr., both of New York City, of counsel), for libelant.

Michael F. Walsh, U. S. Atty., of Brooklyn, N. Y. (Charles J. Carroll, Sp. Asst. to U. S. Atty., of Brooklyn, N. Y., of counsel), for the United States.


GALSTON, District Judge.

This is a fog collision case. The steamer William F. Humphrey left Houston, Texas, on June 15, 1938, bound for New York. The Humphrey is an oil tanker and was fully loaded with a cargo of crude oil. The Potter left New York at 12:43 noon, eastern daylight saving time, on June 22, 1938, bound for Australia via the Panama Canal. Both vessels encountered fog. The Humphrey at about 7 A. M., eastern standard time, and except for an interval of...

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