Legal Opinion
Victorias Milling Co. v. The S.S. Gulfport
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided March 31, 1958PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BICKS, District Judge.
On the night of April 23, 1955 the freighter M/V Nonsuco collided with the tanker S.S. Gulfport in Ambrose Channel.
Victorias Milling Co., Inc., as owner of the M/V Nonsuco instituted this suit in admiralty against the S.S. Gulfport in rem, and against her owner Gulf Oil Corporation, for the recovery of $30,000 damages allegedly sustained as a result of said collision. A cross-libel was filed by Gulf Oil Corporation, claiming damages in the sum of $10,000.
As in so many other instances of maritime collision claim is made on behalf of each vessel that the other was solely…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- The UmbriaSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
- The NacoocheeSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
- Atlantic Refining Co. v. MollerSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- The City of NorfolkCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1920
- The Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co., Ltd. Of London, England, Owner of M/s Goldshell, Libellant-Appellee v. United States of America, United States of America, as Owner of the S.S. White Plains, Cross-Libellant-Appellant v. The M/s Goldshell, Her Engines, Boilers, Tackle, Etc., Cross-Respondent-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1955
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Villain & Fassio E Compagnia v. Tank Steamer E. W. SinclairCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1963
- Villain & Fassio E Compagnia, Internationale Di Genova Societa, Riunite Di Navigazione v. Tank Steamer E. W. SinclairCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1963
- Victorias Milling Co. v. GulfportCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1958
- Victorias Milling Co., Inc., as Owner of the Nonsuco, Libellant-Appellant v. The Gulfport, Her Engines, Boilers, Etc., and Gulf Oil Corporation, Claimant-Respondent-Appellee. Gulf Oil Corporation, as Owner of the Gulfport, Cross-Libellant-Appellee v. The Nonsuco, Her Engines, Boilers, Etc., and Victorias Milling Co., Inc., Cross-Claimant-Respondent-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1958