UNION SHIPPING & TRADING CO. v. UNITED STATES

No. 200.

127 F.2d 771 (1942)

UNION SHIPPING & TRADING CO., LIMITED v. UNITED STATES.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

April 27, 1942.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eugene Underwood and Burlingham, Veeder, Clark & Hupper, all of New York City (Chauncey I. Clark, of New York City, of counsel), for appellant.

William E. Collins and Mathias F. Correa, U. S. Atty., both of New York City, for appellee.

Before L. HAND, SWAN, and AUGUSTUS N. HAND, Circuit Judges.


L. HAND, Circuit Judge.

The libellant appeals from a decree in admiralty holding the respondent solely liable for a collision between the libellant's ship, "The Reims," and the respondent's ship, "The Berwind," in a fog in the River Gironde on April 25, 1918. The respondent filed cross assignments of error. The libellant's appeal is because the judge limited its damages; the respondent complains because he did not hold "The Reims" at fault as well as "The Berwind...

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