BLOOMFIELD STEAMSHIP CO. v. BROWNSVILLE SHRIMP EXCH.

No. 16168.

243 F.2d 869 (1957)

BLOOMFIELD STEAMSHIP COMPANY, Claimant, Appellant, v. BROWNSVILLE SHRIMP EXCHANGE, as owner of the THE LINDA LEE, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

May 9, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Eikel, Houston, Tex., for appellant.

M. Harvey Weil, Corpus Christi, Tex., B. G. Wylie, Wm. L. Ellis, Wylie & Ellis, Aransas Pass, Tex., Kleberg, Mobley, Lockett & Weil, Corpus Christi, Tex., for appellee.

Before BORAH, RIVES and BROWN, Circuit Judges.


JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge.

On versions of disparity almost as great as the classic extravagance of collision occurring while both vessels are moving astern through the water, the District Court held the SS Genevieve Peterkin solely at fault for running down the small shrimper MV Linda Lee off the coast of Texas. Seeking a reversal, Genevieve Peterkin contends mightily that she, not Linda Lee, was the innocent one and ought to be exonerated altogether. But as the...

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