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MEDOMSLEY STEAM SHIPPING CO. v. ELIZABETH RIVER TERMINALS

No. 9947.

354 F.2d 476 (1966)

MEDOMSLEY STEAM SHIPPING COMPANY, Appellant, v. ELIZABETH RIVER TERMINALS, INC., Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Decided January 3, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter B. Martin, Jr., Norfolk, Va. (Vandeventer, Black, Meredith & Martin, Norfolk, Va., on brief), for appellant.

Jack E. Greer, Norfolk, Va. (Williams, Cocke, Worrell & Kelly, Norfolk, Va., on brief), for appellee.

Before HAYNSWORTH, Chief Judge, SOBELOFF, Circuit Judge, and MICHIE, District Judge.

HAYNSWORTH, Chief Judge.

In this action for damages, the District Judge found the defendant negligent, but concluded that the defendant's fault was not the proximate cause of the loss. In doing so, we think he misconstrued the testimony.

On September 12, 1960, the Crowborough Beacon broke from her moorings in the Elizabeth River at Norfolk and was carried by the wind and current against a bridge which was damaged. The libelant, Medomsley Steam Shipping Co...

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