KINSMAN TRANSIT CO. v. UNITED STATES STEEL CORP.

No. 3559.

141 F.Supp. 815 (1956)

The KINSMAN TRANSIT COMPANY, as Owner of THE Steamer PHILIP MINCH, etc., v. UNITED STATES STEEL CORPORATION, PITTSBURGH STEAMSHIP DIVISION, as Owner of THE Steamer GEORGE G. CRAWFORD.

United States District Court N. D. Ohio, E. D.

March 21, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McCreary, Hinslea & Ray, Cleveland, Ohio, for libelant.

Arter, Hadden, Wykoff & VanDuzer, Cleveland, Ohio, for respondent.


JONES, Chief Judge.

In a calm sea, with little wind, and visibility of approximately five miles, around midnight of November 12-13, 1952, both the Minch and the Crawford knew they were converging on a busy traffic intersection approximately a mile to a mile and a half south of Southeast Shoal Light in Lake Erie. The Minch was bound from Sandusky to Toledo with a partial cargo of coal; the Crawford, without cargo, from Cleveland bound up the Lakes to Two Harbors.<...

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