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SEABOARD AIRLINE R. CO. v. PAN AMERICAN & TRANSPORT CO.

No. 14179.

199 F.2d 761 (1952)

SEABOARD AIRLINE R. CO. v. PAN AMERICAN PETROLEUM & TRANSPORT CO. THE PAN MARYLAND.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied December 12, 1952.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. Ormonde Hunter and George W. Williams, Savannah, Ga., for appellant.

Julian C. Sipple and A. R. Lawton, Savannah, Ga., Herbert P. Reid, New York City, for appellee.

Before HUTCHESON, Chief Judge, and HOLMES and RUSSELL, Circuit Judges.

HUTCHESON, Chief Judge.

About 12 o'clock noon on a bright clear day, without the interference of wind, wave, or vessel, the Tanker Pan Maryland, while endeavoring to pass through the Seaboard drawbridge over the Savannah River, struck the bridge at such speed and with such force as to cause serious damage to it and to the tanker itself.

Libellant, to recover the damage to its bridge, filed two libels,1 one in rem against the tanker...

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