Legal Opinion
The St. Francis
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided June 10, 1947No. 2757PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CHESNUT, District Judge.
This case grows out of a collision at sea between the “SS Winding Gulf” and an obsolete “Destroyer” being towed in tandem with another old Destroyer, both belonging lo the Boston Iron & Metal Company, a Maryland corporation, which had recently purchased them from the Canadian Government for scrapping. The place of the collision was in the open waters near Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts. The time was about 10 P.M. (E.W.T.) July 13, 1945.
The Boston Company had entered into a towing contract dated July 3, 1945, with the Foundation Maritime, Ltd., a Canadian towing…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Sun Oil Co. v. Dalzell Towing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Sturgis v. BoyerSupreme Court of the United States · 1860
- The Eugene F. MoranSupreme Court of the United States · 1909
- New Bedford Steam Coasting Corp. v. NickersonCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1897
- Harris v. Metropolitan S. S. Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1898
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Boston Metals Co. v. the Winding GulfSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
- McCann v. Falgout Boat Co.District Court, S.D. Texas · 1968
- Boston Metals Co. v. The Winding Gulf the St. FrancisCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1954
- Adams v. MoranDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1950
- Pacific-Atlantic S. S. Co. v. The Tower GrangeDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1948
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