PACO TANKERS v. WOOD TOWING CORPORATION

No. 6830.

63 F.Supp. 443 (1945)

PACO TANKERS, Inc., v. WOOD TOWING CORPORATION.

District Court, E. D. Virginia, Norfolk Division.

February 7, 1945.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barron F. Black, of Norfolk, Va., for libellant.

John W. Oast, Jr., of Norfolk, Va., for respondent.


HUTCHESON, District Judge.

On April 4, 1941, the steamer "Chilbar" was proceeding downstream in the James River, approaching a bend of approximately 80 degrees, at the lower end of Kingsland Reach, and the tug "E. V. McCaulley," proceeding upstream with a tow, was approaching the bend. The weather was good, with a southeasterly wind of approximately 13 miles per hour and the tide was ebbing, with a velocity of approximately 0.6 knot.

The "Chilbar" is an oil...

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