TRADE BANNER LINE, INC. v. CARIBBEAN STEAMSHIP CO., S.A.

No. 74-4181. Summary Calendar.

521 F.2d 229 (1975)

TRADE BANNER LINE, INC., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CARIBBEAN STEAMSHIP CO., S. A., Defendant, Reynolds Metals Co., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

September 24, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert M. Contois, Jr., New Orleans, La., William H. Keys, Corpus Christi, Tex., for Reynolds Metals Co.

J. Michael Mahaffey, Corpus Christi, Tex., for plaintiff-appellee.

Joseph Newton, Houston, Tex., for Caribbean S. S. Co.

Before BROWN, Chief Judge, and GODBOLD and GEE, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

The facts of this case are set forth in detail in the opinion of the district court, Trade & Transport, Inc. v. Caribbean Steamship Co., 384 F.Supp. 782 (S.D.Tex. 1974) and will not be retold here.

As we understand the ruling of the district court, Reynolds Metals Company's liability as wharfinger is grounded on one or more of three possible bases. The first is that Reynolds breached its duty to...

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