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WEBB v. DAVIS

No. 7207.

236 F.2d 90 (1956)

Patricia Ann WEBB and Frances Louise Webb, t/a Webb Bunker Company, claimants of THE oil screw DEWEY, Appellants, v. Charles DAVIS, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Decided July 20, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George Rountree, Jr., Wilmington, N. C. (Deutsch, Kerrigan & Stiles, New Orleans, La., Rountree & Rountree, Wilmington, N. C., and Francis Emmett, New Orleans, La., on brief), for appellants.

Claud R. Wheatley, Jr., and Wiley H. Taylor, Jr., Beaufort, N. C., for appellee.

Before SOPER and PRETTYMAN, Circuit Judges, and TIMMERMAN, District Judge.

SOPER, Circuit Judge.

On November 12, 1954, shortly after 7:00 A.M., in clear calm weather, a collision occurred between two fishing boats, the Dixie B and the Dewey in waters off the coast of North Carolina known as Cape Lookout shoals. The Dixie B was sunk and became a total loss while the Dewey was uninjured. The owner of the Dixie B filed a libel in rem against the Dewey and a libel in personam against her owners, alleging that the collision was...

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