GATEWOOD v. SANDERS

Nos. 5432, 5433.

152 F.2d 379 (1945)

GATEWOOD v. SANDERS et al. THE LILLIAN ANNE. THE FAIRWILL. THE SCOW NO. 72-H. R. C. HUFFMAN CONST. CO. v. SANDERS.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

December 24, 1945.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leon T. Seawell, of Norfolk, Va., for Eularia M. Gatewood, owner of the motor vessel Lillian Anne.

R. Arthur Jett, of Norfolk, Va., for R. C. Huffman Construction Co., owner of the scow No. 72-H.

Barron F. Black, of Norfolk, Va., (Vandeventer & Black and Baird, White & Lanning, all of Norfolk, Va., on the brief), for W. S. Sanders, owner of the motor tug Fairwill.

Before DOBIE, Circuit Judge, and CHESNUT and BARKSDALE, District Judges.


DOBIE, Circuit Judge.

These cases involved a libel in admiralty resulting from a collision in Norfolk harbor between the motor vessel "Lillian Anne" and the scow No. 72-H, which was being towed by the tug "Fairwill," lashed to the scow's starboard quarter. The District Court held the "Lillian Anne" to be solely at fault. From this decree the "Lillian Anne" has appealed, while the owner of the scow has appealed from that portion of the decree which absolved the tug...

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