Legal Opinion
Standard Oil Co. v. Pocahontas Steamship Co. The Esso Aruba. The Isaac T. Mann
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided June 9, 1952No. 4629_1PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOODBURY, Circuit Judge.
The steam collier Isaac T. Mann, owned by Pocahontas Steamship Company, and the steam tanker Esso- Aruba, owned by Standard Oil Company, collided on May 18, 1948, in a dense fog in the East Passage of Narragansett Bay somewhere between Gould Island and Rose Island. At the time of collision the Mann was outward bound in light trim on a voyage from Providence, Rhode Island to Hampton Roads, Virginia, and the Aruba carrying a cargo- of fuel oil was inbound for Providence on a voyage from the Dutch West Indies. The contact between the vessels was not severe, only a slight…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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