Coastal States Petrochemical Co. v. Montpelier Tanker Co.

FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

SEALS, District Judge.

The plaintiff brought this suit in admiralty to recover damages for the contamination and discoloration of a cargo of gasoline owned by the plaintiff and shipped on board the defendant’s vessel, the S.S. MONTPELIER VICTORY, from plaintiff’s refinery in Corpus Christi, Texas to California.

Plaintiff and defendant entered into a “Tanker Voyage Charter Party” in May of 1964 in which plaintiff chartered the aforesaid vessel for the purpose of transporting plaintiff’s petroleum products to California from Corpus Christi and from…