SIR WILLIAM REARDON SMITH & SONS, LTD. v. TUG SAN PEDRO

No. 2182.

226 F.Supp. 879 (1962)

SIR WILLIAM REARDON SMITH & SONS, LTD., as Owner of the MOTOR VESSEL BRADFORD CITY, Libellant, v. The TUG SAN PEDRO, Her Engines, Tackle, Apparel and Furniture, Gissel & Company, BARGE 2001, Gissel & Company BARGE 1302 and J. S. Gissel & Company, Respondents, v. SIGNAL OIL AND GAS COMPANY, Intervenor.

United States District Court S. D. Texas, Galveston Division.

November 6, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Royston, Rayzor & Cook, Bryan F. Williams, Jr., Galveston, Tex., for libellant.

Eastham, Watson, Dale & Forney, Edward W. Watson, Galveston, Tex., for respondents.

Bracewell, Reynolds & Patterson, Harold R. DeMoss, Jr., Houston, Tex., for intervenor.


GARZA, District Judge.

This cause involves a collision in the Houston Ship Channel on the night of March 24, 1961, between the M/V BRADFORD CITY, an ocean-going merchant vessel of British registry, and a barge being towed by the tug SAN PEDRO.

The owners of the BRADFORD CITY filed a libel against the tug SAN PEDRO and Gissel & Company Barge 2001, and others, as respondents. The owners of the tug and barge, in turn, have cross-libeled the M/V BRADFORD CITY...

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