Legal Opinion
Navigazione Alta Italia v. Keystone Shipping Company
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 25, 1966No. 21760PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JONES, Circuit Judge:
About 11:30 o’clock during the night of February 15, 1961, the freighter Monfiore, owned by the appellant, Navigazione Alta Italia, and the tanker Spirit of Liberty, owned by the appellee, Keystone Shipping Company, collided in the Houston Ship Channel. The libel of the appellee, claiming damage of $60,000 to the Spirit of Liberty, was met by a cross-libel of the appellant seeking an award of $180,000 for damage to the Monfiore, with each party asserting that the collision resulted from the sole fault of the other. During a lengthy trial many witnesses testified and a…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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3Cited by7 opinions
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