Crowell v. United States
District Court, D. Massachusetts
In Admiralty. Libel in personam by Peter H. Crowell against the United States for collision with libelant’s vessel by the steamer Laramie, owned by the United States Shipping Board. Decree finding the Laramie solely in fault, and referring the case to an assessor to state damages.
1Opinion of the Court
MORTON, District Judge.
This is a case of collision between the schooner Florence Thurlow and the steam tanker Laramie, owned by the United States Shipping Board. At the time in question the Laramie was proceeding, under ballast, from New York to Tampico, Mexico, where she was to load oil under a charter party with the Barber Asphalt Paving Company. The United States filed a suggestion of want of jurisdiction, and exceptions to the libel on the ground that the Laraipie was not a merchant vessel, within the purview of the Act of March 9, 1920, c. 95 (41 Stat. 525), which are overruled. The…
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