The Livietta
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Texas; Gordon Russell, Judge. Suit in admiralty by the Gulf Refining Company, D. M. Picton & Co., and the Steele Towing & Wrecking Company against the steamship Rivietta, Dall-Orso & Co., claimants, and R. Digo, master, as bailee and claimant of her cargo. Decree for libelants, and claimants appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
Outline of Facts.
BATTS, Circuit Judge.
November 9, 1915, the Italian steamship Rivietta left Port Arthur, Rex., for Montivideo. She was an ordinary cargo steamer of 2,697 gross tons, 290 feet long, with four holds. Her engine room was situated amidships. Her decks were steel; the bulkheads between the engine room and hold No. 2, and the engine room and hold No. 3, were steel, and extended from the upper deck to the bottom. The bulkhead between holds 1 and 2 and holds 3 and 4 was steel up to the ’tween decks, and of wood in the ’tween decks. The cargo, 60,000 cases of gasoline and 20,000 cases…
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