Legal Opinion
Bisso Towboat Co. v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 7, 1925No. 4455PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BARRETT, District Judge.
The following is the opinion of Foster, District Judge, in the District Court:
“This is a libel by the United States of America, owner of the drfedgeboat Corn-stock, against the tugboats Captain Budd and Independent and the steamship John D. Rockefeller, to recover damages to the Comstock as the result of a collision with the Rockefeller on November 15,1917, in the harbor of New Orleans, at about 5:30 p. m., at a point in the river near Pauline street. There is considerable conflict of testimony in the record. It is voluminous, but the material facts are undisputed, or…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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- The John D. RockefellerDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1919
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