Legal Opinion
Nantasket Beach Steamboat Co. v. United Fruit S. S. Corp.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided November 5, 1929No. 2362PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ANDERSON, Circuit Judge.
This admiralty appeal grows out of a collision in a dense fog about 2:40 p. m. (standard time) in President Roads, in Boston Harbor, on July 20, 1927, between the Limón, belonging to the United Fruit Steamship Corporation, and the Mayflower, belonging to the libel-ant, Nantasket Beach Steamboat Company. Only the Mayflower was substantially injured.
The court below dismissed the libel, holding the Limón free from fault. The present issue is whether both vessels were at fault.
About 1:25 in the afternoon, when the Limón, destined for Havana, started down the harbor, the…
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