KING FISHER MARINE SERVICE, INC. v. PETROLEOS MEXICANOS

No. 28002.

428 F.2d 1052 (1970)

KING FISHER MARINE SERVICE, INC., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. PETROLEOS MEXICANOS, Owner, SS PRESIDENTE CARRANZA, her engines, tackle, etc., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 8, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Benjamin S. Hardy, Hardy & Sharpe, Brownsville, Tex., for defendant-appellant.

M. Harvey Weil, Kleberg, Mobley, Lockett & Weil, Corpus Christi, Tex., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before RIVES, GEWIN and INGRAHAM, Circuit Judges.


INGRAHAM, Circuit Judge:

Petroleos Mexicanos, a governmental corporation wholly owned by the United States of Mexico and owner of the SS Presidente Carranza, a bulk tanker 547 feet by 70 feet, with a loaded draft of 31 feet, appeals from a judgment finding it solely at fault for the collision between its ship and the Leonard Fisher, a dredge owned by appellee King Fisher Marine Service, Inc., 120 feet by 34 feet, with a draft of 8 feet. The appellant

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