Export Coal Co. v. Keyser
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of Florida. In Admiralty. Libel by the Export Coal Company against the steam tug W. J. Keyser and against W. S. Keyser and M. J. Fauria,, claimants. Decree for claimants. Libelant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
TOULMIN, District Judge.
The libel in this case was filed to recover the value of a barge, with her cargo of coal, which respondents, as owner and master of the steam tug W. J. Keyser, contracted and undertook to tow from Pensacola, Fla., to Galveston, Tex. After about 36 hours out from Pensacola, the barge was abandoned on the Gulf of Mexico, and the barge and cargo became a total loss. The libel charges that the loss was on account of the negligence and fault of the master of the tug. The answer of respondents denies negligence, and the case turns on this issue. While there are many…
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