Legal Opinion
Pocahontas Steamship Co. v. the Esso Aruba
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided September 11, 1950No. 1565, 1586PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McCARTHY, District Judge.
These cross-libels in admiralty arise out of a collision between the S.S. Isaac T. Mann (hereinafter called the Mann), owned by Pocahontas Steamship Company, and the S.S. Esso Aruba (hereinafter called the Aruba), owned by Standard Oil Company. The collision occurred on May 18, 1948, in the East Passage of Narragansett Bay in the waters between Gould Island and Rose Island, in dense fog.
Action was commenced by the filing of a libel on behalf of Pocahontas Steamship Company against the Aruba, which was answered by Standard Oil Company, as owners of the Aruba. The…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- The LexingtonCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1921
- The MedfordDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1946
3Cited by8 opinions
- Afran Transport Co. v. The BergechiefCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1960
- Wood v. United StatesDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1954
- British Transport Commission v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1956
- Oil Transfer Corp. v. Diesel Tanker F. A. Verdon, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1960
- British Transport Commission v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1956
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