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HARBOR TOWING CORPORATION v. TUG RELIANCE

Nos. 8013, 8038 and 8041.

211 F.Supp. 896 (1963)

HARBOR TOWING CORPORATION, owner of the BARGE SHAMROCK, Libelant, v. The TUG RELIANCE, her engines, etc., the TUG C. O. NICHOLS, her engines, etc., in rem, the Judkins Towing Corporation, the Motor Vessel Saarland, her engines, etc., and Hamburg-Amerika Linie, Respondents. JUDKINS TOWING CORPORATION, owner of the Tug Reliance, Libelant, v. The M/V SAARLAND, her boats, etc., in rem, and Hamburg-Amerika Linie, owner of the M/V Saarland in personam, Respondents. HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINIE, a corporation, owner of the M/V Saarland, Libelant, v. Wilton C. JUDKINS, Respondent.

United States District Court E. D. Virginia, Norfolk Division.

January 4, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hugh S. Meredith (Vandeventer, Black, Meredith & Martin), Norfolk, Va., for Harbor Towing Corp. and The Shamrock.

Robert M. Hughes, III (Seawell, McCoy, Winston & Dalton), Norfolk, Va., for Judkins Towing Corp.

Roy L. Sykes (Jett, Sykes & Coupland), Norfolk Va., for Wilton C. Judkins.

Edward R. Baird (Baird, Crenshaw & Ware), Norfolk, Va., for Hamburg-Amerika Linie and Saarland.

WALTER E. HOFFMAN, Chief Judge.

These actions, consolidated for trial, pertain to a collision in the James River off Newport News, Virginia, in the general vicinity of Pier 14 operated by the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Company. The location of the impact and which vessel initially sounded her signal are in substantial dispute. The collision occurred at 3:21 or 3:22 P.M. on March 17, 1958, between the German Motor Vessel SAARLAND and the Barge SHAMROCK, the latter...

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