W. R. GRACE & CO. v. CHARLESTON LIGHTERAGE & TRANSFER CO.

No. 6349.

193 F.2d 539 (1952)

W. R. GRACE & CO. et al. v. CHARLESTON LIGHTERAGE & TRANSFER CO. et al.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Decided January 3, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles W. Waring, Charleston, S. C. and Horace T. Atkins, New York City (Waring & Brockinton, Charleston, S. C. and Atkins & Weymar, New York City, on brief), for appellants and cross-appellees.

G. L. B. Rivers, Charleston, S. C. (Hagood, Rivers & Young, Charleston, S. C., on brief), for appellees and cross-appellants Charleston Lighterage & Transfer Co., One Lighter, and Charleston Constructors, Inc.

Frederick H. Horlbeck, Charleston, S. C. (Mitchell & Horlbeck, Charleston, S. C., on brief), for appellees White Stack Towing Corp. and Tug Fort Sumter.

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


DOBIE, Circuit Judge.

W. R. Grace and Company (hereinafter called Grace) filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of South Carolina, its libel against Charleston Lighterage and Transfer Company (hereinafter called Lighterage), the Barge, One Lighter, White Stack Towing Corporation (hereinafter called White Stack) and its tug, Fort Sumter. In a separate suit Adolph Weil and others, trading as Weil Brothers (hereinafter referred to as Weil...

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