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ORRELL v. WILMINGTON IRON WORKS

No. 6147.

185 F.2d 181 (1950)

ORRELL v. WILMINGTON IRON WORKS, Inc.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Decided November 10, 1950.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. E. Rodgers and George Rountree, Jr., Wilmington, N. C. (Rodgers & Rodgers and Rountree & Rountree, all of Wilmington, N. C., on brief), for appellant and cross-appellee.

Murray G. James, Wilmington, N. C., and John W. Oast, Jr., Norfolk, Va., for appellee and cross-appellant.

Before PARKER, Chief Judge, DOBIE, Circuit Judge, and TIMMERMAN, District Judge.

DOBIE, Circuit Judge.

J. D. Orrell, trading and doing business under the style and name of Cape Fear Towing Company, filed a libel in admiralty in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina against the Wilmington Iron Works, Incorporated. Wilmington Iron Works filed cross-libel against Orrell. Libellant sought to recover the value of his combination dredge and derrick rig, the Fulton, and for loss of use of the Fulton. The Fulton sank...

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