BOYER v. THE MERRY QUEEN

No. 10810.

202 F.2d 575 (1953)

BOYER et al. v. THE MERRY QUEEN et al. THE MINERVA.

United States Court of Appeals Third Circuit.

Decided March 11, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George E. Beechwood, Philadelphia, Pa. (John V. Lovitt, Conlen, LaBrum & Beechwood, Philadelphia, Pa., on the brief), proctors for appellant.

Francis A. Scanlan, Philadelphia, Pa. (Robert G. Kelly, Philadelphia, Pa., on the brief), proctors for appellee.

Before BIGGS, Chief Judge, and GOODRICH and STALEY, Circuit Judges.


STALEY, Circuit Judge.

Libellants, the owners of the tug Minerva, appeal from a decree in admiralty dismissing their libel, after the court had held the Minerva solely at fault for a collision between it and the tanker Merry Queen. They would have us decide that all the fault should be on the Merry Queen or, at least, that it was a mutual-fault collision.

At about three o'clock on the afternoon of April 22, 1948, the Minerva, with the barge Interstate No....

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