Legal Opinion
Sawyer v. McDonald
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 8, 1948No. 11937PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOLMES, Circuit Judge.
This suit arose out of a collision that occurred on January 9, 1946, in the Old Bahama Channel, which lies to the North of mid-Cuba. The Foundation Aranmore, a small steamer about 240 feet long with a 34-feet beam, was proceeding south easterly through the channel bound in ballast on a voyage from Port Everglades to Guadalupe for bananas. The motor vessel Content S, a converted yacht 120 feet long with a 20-feet beam, was proceeding northwesterly through the same channel to Miami with a cargo of bananas. The night was clear with no moon, the sea moderate. There was a…
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