SOCONY-VACUUM OIL CO. v. SMITH

No. 12708.

179 F.2d 672 (1950)

SOCONY-VACUUM OIL CO. Inc., v. SMITH.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 25, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel C. Lipscomb, Beaumont, Tex. A. D. Lipscomb, Beaumont, Tex., for appellant.

George E. Duncan, Beaumont, Tex., L. J. Benckenstein, Beaumont, Tex., for appellee.

Before WALLER, BORAH, and RUSSELL, Circuit Judges.


BORAH, Circuit Judge.

This cause in admiralty arose out of a collision in the Sabin-Neches Canal between the single screw tanker Sachem and three loaded steel oil barges which, with one other, were being towed by the tug George A. Butler upon a hawser astern.

Charles C. Smith, managing co-owner of the tug and the owner or charterer of the barges, filed a libel against the Sachem, following which the respondent-appellant filed its claim, answer and cross libel...

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