CITIES SERVICE OIL COMPANY v. M/S MELVIN H. BAKER

Nos. 16366 and 16367.

384 F.2d 911 (1967)

CITIES SERVICE OIL COMPANY, Appellee in No. 16366, v. M/S MELVIN H. BAKER, its boilers, engines, equipment, etc. SEAWAYS SHIPPING COMPANY v. S/T CITIES SERVICE MIAMI, her engines, boilers, apparel, etc., and the Cities Service Oil Company, Appellee in No. 16367. Seaways Shipping Company, Owner of the M/S Melvin H. Baker, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals Third Circuit.

Decided October 26, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John R. Sheneman, Zock, Petrie, Sheneman & Reid, New York City, (Benjamin F. Stahl, Jr., Clark, Ladner, Fortenbaugh & Young, Philadelphia, Pa., James D. Hanlon, New York City, on the brief) for appellant.

Eugene R. Lippman, Krusen, Evans & Byrne, Philadelphia, Pa., (Hill, Betts, Yamoaka, Freehill & Longcope, by Eli Ellis, New York City, on the brief) for appellee.

Before McLAUGHLIN, HASTIE, and FORMAN, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

PER CURIAM.

These appeals are from the judgment of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania declaring Seaways Shipping Company, the appellant, owner of the M/S Melvin H. Baker, solely liable for the collision between that ship and the S/T Cities Service Miami, owned by the appellee, Cities Service Oil Company.1

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