R. O'Brien & Co. v. S. S. Ventura

McCARTHY, District Judge.

On November 28, 1951, at approximately 5:25 P.M., a collision occurred between the Lynn, a 102 foot Diesel-powered steel hull fishing vessel, and the Ventura, a 503 foot 10,000 ton steel hull tanker. The Lynn was owned by R. O’Brien & Co., Inc., a Massachusetts corporation. The Ventura was operated by the Texas Company.

There are now at issue before the Court only the libel of R. O’Brien & Co., Inc. against the Ventura, and the cross-claim of the Ventura interests against R. O’Brien & Co., Inc., represented by the Texas Company’s claim and answer in the Lynn limitation…