SOUTH CAROLINA STATE HIGHWAY DEPT. v. FORT FETTERMAN

No. 1073.

148 F.Supp. 620 (1956)

The SOUTH CAROLINA STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT, Libellant, v. The Tank Steamer FORT FETTERMAN, her engines, tackle, equipment, appurtenances, etc., Libellee. CHAS. KURZ & CO., Inc., as owner of the Tank Steamer Fort Fetterman, Cross-Libellant, v. The SOUTH CAROLINA STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT, Cross-Respondent.

United States District Court E. D. South Carolina. Charleston Division.

Affirmed April 5, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

T. C. Callison, Atty. Gen., Huger Sinkler and Charles H. Gibbs, Sinkler, Gibbs & Simons, Charleston, S. C., for libellant.

Charles W. Waring, Waring & Brockinton, Charleston, S. C., for libellee.


Affirmed April 5, 1957. See 242 F.2d 799.

WILLIAMS, District Judge.

On October 5, 1955, the libellant, the South Carolina State Highway Department, hereinafter called the Highway Department, filed a libel in this court, alleging that it is a department or agency of the State of South Carolina in whom is vested the function of constructing and maintaining state highways and bridges, and that it is authorized by the statutes...

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