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THE BRIGHT

No. 2441.

38 F.Supp. 574 (1941)

THE BRIGHT. THE HAWAIIAN. THE SAMSON.

District Court, D. Maryland.

April 17, 1941.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George W. P. Whip, of Baltimore, Md., for libellant.

Kirlin, Campbell, Hickox, Keating & McGrann (by W. H. McGrann and Eugene F. Gilligan), all of New York City and Ritchie, Janney, Ober & Williams (by Robert W. Williams), all of Baltimore, Md., for the Hawaiian.

Foley & Martin (by Christopher Heckman), all of New York City, and Emory, Beeuwkes, Skeen & Oppenheimer (by John H. Skeen), all of Baltimore, Md., for the Samson and Eastern Transp. Co.

WILLIAM C. COLEMAN, District Judge.

This is a collision case. Three vessels are involved, the barge Bright, the tug Samson and the steamship Hawaiian.

The Hawaiian collided with the Bright while the latter was at anchor about a half mile south of Sharp's Island buoy in the Chesapeake Bay, in the early morning of August 31, 1940. The Bright, a seagoing wooden barge 258 feet long, 46 feet beam, draft 26 feet, fully loaded with sand and gravel, had been placed...

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