ACADEMY TANKERS, INC. v. STEUART TRANSPORTATION CO.

No. 14920.

441 F.2d 724 (1971)

ACADEMY TANKERS, INC., and S.S. THOMAS M., Appellants, v. STEUART TRANSPORTATION COMPANY, and TUG LITTLE CURTIS, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided May 3, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jervis Spencer Finney, Baltimore, Md. (Ober, Grimes & Shriver, Baltimore, Md., on brief) for appellants.

William B. Ewers, Baltimore, Md., for appellees.

Before HAYNSWORTH, Chief Judge, and BRYAN and BUTZNER, Circuit Judges.


BUTZNER, Circuit Judge:

The THOMAS M and her owner, Academy Tankers, Inc., appeal from a judgment of the district court exonerating the tug, LITTLE CURTIS, and her owner, Steuart Transportation Company, from all liability for damages to a pier owned by the Steuart Investment Company when the THOMAS M, an oceangoing tanker, collided with the pier as it attempted to dock with the assistance of the LITTLE CURTIS. During the course of the trial the THOMAS M made an offer...

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