Legal Opinion
In Re Robertson's Petition
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided May 26, 1958No. 57-51PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
ALDRICH, District Judge.
This is a petition for exoneration and limitation brought by the owner of the Winem II, a forty-foot twin-screw cabin cruiser that collided with the motorboat We Too in midafternoon on Massachusetts Bay northerly of Boston Lightship on July 27,1957. The We Too was a party boat carrying 29 passengers, and had been fishing. The collision caused the We Too to go down in a matter of minutes, except for a few feet of the bow. Most of the persons aboard were thrown into the water. All were rescued by the Winem II, which was little damaged. Claimants in the limitation…
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