Sarantex Shipping Company v. Wilbur-Ellis Company

OPINION

BEEKS, Senior District Judge.

This case is a sequel to Wilbur-Ellis Company v. M./V Captayannis “S”, 1 which arose from the grounding of the Captayannis “S” on Clatsop Spit at the mouth of the Columbia River in the State of Oregon on October 22, 1967. In that case, defendant herein sought to establish the liability of the vessel and its owner for cargo loss and damage. The case was dismissed by this Court on the basis of my finding that the loss resulted from the negligence of the master in attempting to proceed across the river bar in the circumstances then existing. In the present…