CALIFORNIA & HAWAIIAN SUG. CO. v. COLUMBIA S. S. CO., INC.

No. 73-1515.

510 F.2d 542 (1975)

CALIFORNIA AND HAWAIIAN SUGAR COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. COLUMBIA STEAMSHIP COMPANY, INC., and the S/S COLUMBIA BREWER, her engines, etc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied May 8, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry J. Read, New Orleans, La., for plaintiff-appellant.

Walter Carroll, Jr., New Orleans, La., for defendants-appellees.

Before BROWN, Chief Judge, and AINSWORTH and MORGAN, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Providence was not smiling down on Captain Webb the 25th of June 1970, for his ship, S/S COLUMBIA BREWER, fetched up on a shoal southwest of Old Providence Island in the Caribbean early that morning. Although most of the cargo was saved, some had to be jettisoned to refloat the ship, some was damaged, and it was all subjected to salvage liens, etc. The District Court held the carrier not liable for cargo loss...

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