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SWORD LINE v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 1929, 1943.

134 F.Supp. 460 (1954)

SWORD LINE, Inc., Libelant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Mississippi Shipping Company, et al., Respondents.

United States District Court S. D. Texas, Galveston Division.

June 2, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fulbright, Crooker, Freeman, Bates & Jaworski, Carl G. Stearns, Houston, Tex., for libelant.

Royston & Rayzor, Brian S. Odem, U. S. Atty., and C. B. Smith, Asst. U. S. Atty., Houston, Tex., for respondents.

CONNALLY, District Judge.

Libelant seeks to recover the damages resulting from the grounding of its motor vessel Oregon Sword ("Sword" hereafter) on the mud flats of Pelican Spit at the northwest side of the Channel from Bolivar Roads into the harbor at Galveston. Libelant contends this casualty was the direct result of the Sword's being crowded out of its proper place in the Channel, and of the necessary efforts of her captain and crew to avoid a collision, which...

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