Legal Opinion
Socony Vacuum Transp. Co. v. Gypsum Packet Co.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided February 7, 1946No. 174, 175PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
L. HAND, Circuit Judge.
The Gypsum Packet Company, Ltd., owner of the freighter, “Gypsum Prince,” appeals from a decree in the admiralty holding that ship solely liable for a collision in lower Delaware Bay with the “Voco,” a tanker owned by the appellee, Socony Vacuum Transportation Company, Ltd. The pilots of the two vessels appeared at the trial and testified, as did the master of another ship which was present at the time; the rest of the evidence was taken by deposition. The “Gypsum Prince” was so injured that she sank shortly after the collision and carried down her master, her chief…
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