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GEOTECHNICAL CORP. OF DELAWARE v. PURE OIL CO.

No. 14964.

214 F.2d 476 (1954)

GEOTECHNICAL CORP. OF DELAWARE v. PURE OIL CO.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 6, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles Kohlmeyer, Jr., John May, New Orleans, La., for appellant-appellee.

Francis Emmett, Eberhard P. Deutsch, New Orleans, La., Deutsch, Kerrigan & Stiles, New Orleans, La., for appellee-appellant.

Before HUTCHESON, Chief Judge, and RIVES, Circuit Judge, and DAWKINS, District Judge.

DAWKINS, District Judge.

The Pure Oil Company (libelant) owned the Leo Huff which was formerly a U. S. Navy mine sweeper (type AMC) purchased as surplus property by libelant and converted to a vessel suitable for offshore, underwater geophysical exploration. On December 5, 1947, while being so used by Geotechnical Corporation of Delaware (called Geotech), respondent, she was completely destroyed as the result of an explosion...

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