GRATSOS v. THE MOISIE BAY

No. 8176.

287 F.2d 706 (1961)

Constantine G. GRATSOS, Owner of the Steamship Audrey, libellant, Appellant, v. THE Steamship MOISIE BAY, in rem, and Gorrisen & Klaveness, A/S, Owner and/or operator of the Steamship Moisie Bay, in personam, respondents, Appellees. SKIBS AKTIESELSKAPET ORENOR, as Owner of the Steamship Moisie Bay, and Tank Ore Corporation, libellants, Appellees, v. THE Steamship AUDREY, her engines, boilers, etc., and Constantine G. Gratsos, her owner, respondents, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Decided March 7, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eugene Underwood, New York City (R. Arthur Jett, Norfolk, Va., and H. Barton Williams, New York City, on the brief), for appellants.

John F. Gerity and Hugh S. Meredith, Norfolk, Va. (William E. Fuller, Washington, D. C., on the brief), for appellees.

Before SOBELOFF, Chief Judge, BOREMAN, Circuit Judge, and HARRY E. WATKINS, District Judge.


PER CURIAM.

On the evening of March 24, 1957, at approximately 2021 hours, during darkness and clear weather, with visibility good, wind moderate and tide ebb, a collision occurred between the Steamships Moisie Bay and Audrey in the vicinity of the approach to the Maryland Pilot Station off Cape Henry, Virginia. In separate libels each vessel charged that the collision was attributable wholly to the fault or negligence of the other. The proceedings were consolidated...

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