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RICHMOND SAND & GRAVEL CORP. v. TIDEWATER CONST. CORP.

No. 5771.

170 F.2d 392 (1948)

RICHMOND SAND & GRAVEL CORPORATION v. TIDEWATER CONST. CORPORATION et al.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

November 8, 1948.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Oast, Jr., of Norfolk, Va., for Richmond Sand & Gravel Corporation.

John T. Casey, of Washington, D. C., Atty. Department of Justice (H. G. Morison, Asst. Atty. Gen., George R. Humrickhouse, U. S. Atty., of Richmond, Va., and J. Frank Staley, Sp. Asst. to the Atty. Gen., on the brief), for Tidewater Construction Corporation.

Roy L. Sykes and R. Arthur Jett, both of Norfolk, Va., for Connecticut Fire Ins. Co.

Before PARKER, Chief Judge, and SOPER and DOBIE, Circuit Judges.

DOBIE, Circuit Judge.

These libels in admiralty arose out of the capsizing of the scow Janet McGeeney. The parties concerned in the appeals are the Richmond Sand and Gravel Corporation (hereinafter referred to as Richmond), the Tidewater Construction Corporation (hereinafter referred to as Tidewater) and the Connecticut Fire Insurance Company (hereinafter referred to as Connecticut).

On October 14, 1942, Richmond, per the tug Fisher No. 13, delivered its scow...

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