JAMES McWILLIAMS BLUE LINE v. ESSO STANDARD OIL CO.

No. 292, Docket 24158.

245 F.2d 84 (1957)

JAMES McWILLIAMS BLUE LINE, Inc., as Charterer, Libellant-Appellee. v. ESSO STANDARD OIL COMPANY, Respondent-Appellee and Cross-Appellant, and Conners-Standard Marine Corporation, Respondent-Impleaded-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided May 15, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Macklin, Speer, Hanan & McKernan, New York City (Martin J. McHugh, New York City, of counsel), for libellant-appellee.

Kirlin, Campbell & Keating, New York City (Stephen J. Buckley and Raymond T. Greene, New York City, of counsel), for respondent-appellee and cross-appellant.

Purdy, Lamb & Catoggio, New York City (Edmund F. Lamb and Thomas J. Irving, New York City, of counsel), for respondent-impleaded-appellant.

Before CLARK, Chief Judge, LUMBARD, Circuit Judge, and LEIBELL, District Judge.


LEIBELL, District Judge.

This is an appeal from an interlocutory decree in Admiralty, entered after a trial before Judge Cashin, which adjudged that the libellant, James McWilliams Blue Line, Inc., recover its damages primarily from the respondent-impleaded, Conners-Standard Marine Corporation, and secondarily from the respondent, Esso Standard Oil Company. Both Conners and Esso have appealed.

Conners appeals on the ground that libellant's action is barred...

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