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THE E. MADISON HALL

No. 5187.

140 F.2d 589 (1944)

THE E. MADISON HALL. W. E. VALLIANT & CO. v. RAYONIER, Inc.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

February 3, 1944.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John H. Skeen, of Baltimore, Md. (Beeuwkes, Skeen, Oppenheimer & Frank, of Baltimore, Md., on the brief), for appellant.

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

Before SOPER and DOBIE, Circuit Judges, and WYCHE, District Judge.

SOPER, District Judge.

On March 31, 1942 a few minutes before 6 a. m. on a dark rainy morning off Turkey Point in the upper Chesapeake Bay the E. Madison Hall, a motor vessel of 212 gross tons, came in collision with an unlighted wreck and both the Hall and her cargo became a total loss. A libel was filed for cargo damage against the ship and her owner, and subsequently the owner filed a petition for limitation of liability under R. S. §§ 4281-4285, 46 U...

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