Legal Opinion
South Carolina State Highway Department v. The Fort Fetterman
District Court, E.D. South Carolina
Decided October 17, 1957No. 1073PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WYCHE, District Judge.
(Sitting by Designation)
In this suit, a libel in rem by the South Carolina State Highway Department, an agency of the State of South Carolina, the Highway Department seeks damages in the sum of $250,000 against the T-2 tanker Fort Fetterman, owned by Chas. Kurz & Co., Inc., as the result of a collision between the Fort Fetterman and the Highway Department bridge across the Ashley river in Charleston harbor.
At the opening of the trial, the Highway Department moved to increase the ad damnum in its amended libel to $300,-000, but I decline to rule on this motion and…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Escanaba Co. v. ChicagoSupreme Court of the United States · 1883
- Savannah & N. Y. Transp. Co. v. Klaren Bridge Co.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1918
- Southern Ry. Co. v. WaddellCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1935
3Cited by3 opinions
- Fort Fetterman v. South Carolina State Highway DepartmentCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1958
- Fort Fetterman v. South Carolina State Highway DepartmentCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1958
- South Carolina State Highway Department v. The Tank Steamer Fort FettermanDistrict Court, D. South Carolina · 1959