Marine Fuel Transfer Corp., as Owner of the Merry Queen and Her Cargo of Fuel Oil, Libelant-Cross-Appellant v. The Ruth, Robert B. Wathen, Claimant-Appellant. James Hughes, Inc., as Owner of the Gossan, Libelant-Appellee v. The Merry Queen, Marine Fuel Transfer Corp., Claimant-Cross-Appellant, the Ruth, Robert B. Wathen, Claimant-Appellant

231 F.2d 319

MARINE FUEL TRANSFER CORP., as owner of THE MERRY QUEEN and

her cargo of fuel oil, Libelant-Cross-Appellant,

v.

THE RUTH, Robert B. Wathen, Claimant-Appellant.

JAMES HUGHES, Inc., as owner of THE GOSSAN, Libelant-Appellee,

v.

THE MERRY QUEEN, Marine Fuel Transfer Corp.,

Claimant-Cross-Appellant, The Ruth, Robert B.

Wathen, Claimant-Appellant.

Nos. 285 and 286, Docket 23861, 23862.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Argued March 7, 1956.

Decided March 26, 1956.

Mahar & Mason, New York City (Frank C. Mason, New York City, of Counsel), for libelant and claimant-cross appellant Marine…