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MARTIN MARINE TRANSPORTATION CO. v. UNITED STATES

No. 6093.

183 F.2d 676 (1950)

MARTIN MARINE TRANSPORTATION CO. v. UNITED STATES. THE P. F. MARTIN. THE SOUTHERN SWORD. THE CONTOY.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Decided August 10, 1950.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Oast, Jr., Norfolk, Va. and Leonard J. Matteson, New York City, for appellant and cross-appellee.

J. Frank Staley, Special Assistant to the Attorney General, (H. G. Morison, Assistant Attorney General, George R. Humrickhouse, U. S. Attorney, Richmond, Va., John P. Harper, Assistant U. S. Attorney, Norfolk, Va., and John T. Casey, Attorney, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C., on brief), for appellee and cross-appellant.

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

DOBIE, Circuit Judge.

Martin Marine Transportation Company (hereinafter called Martin) filed, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, two petitions for exoneration from (and/or limitation of) liability — the first as owner of the tug P. F. Martin and the second as owner of the barges Southern Sword and Contoy. These causes of action, which were consolidated below, arose out of a collision between, on the one hand, the barges...

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