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BRITISH TRANSPORT COMMISSION v. UNITED STATES

No. 7102.

230 F.2d 139 (1956)

BRITISH TRANSPORT COMMISSION et al., Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, as owner of THE U.S.N.S. HAITI VICTORY, petitioning for exoneration from or limitation of liability in a cause of limitation of liability, civil and maritime, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Decided February 13, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edwin Longcope, New York City (Baird, White & Lanning, Norfolk, Va., McNutt & Nash, New York City, and Edward R. Baird, Norfolk, Va., on the brief), for appellant British Transport Commission.

Wilbur E. Dow, Jr., New York City (John W. Oast, Jr., David H. Batchelder, Jr., Norfolk, Va., Dow & Symmers, New York City, Vandeventer, Black & Meredith, Hughes, Little & Seawell, Jett, Sykes & Howell, C. Lydon Harrell, Jr., and Earl W. White, Norfolk, Va., on the brief), for appellants intervening claimants.

Thomas F. McGovern, Atty., Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (L. S. Parsons, Jr., U. S. Atty., Norfolk Va., Leavenworth Colby, Atty., Department of Justice, Washington, D. C., and John M. Hollis, Asst. U. S. Atty., Norfolk, Va., on the brief), for appellee.

Before PARKER, Chief Judge, and SOPER and DOBIE, Circuit Judges.

DOBIE, Circuit Judge.

On May 6, 1953, in the very early morning, a collision occurred in the North Sea between the overnight ferry Duke of York (hereinafter called the Duke) owned by the British Transport Commission (hereinafter called the Commission), and the transport Haiti Victory (hereinafter called the Haiti), owned by the United States. Terrific damage was done to the Duke, several persons on the Duke were killed, others were injured and many suffered property...

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