Standard Oil Co. v. Black Diamond S. S. Corp.

BRUCHHAUSEN, District Judge.

The Standard Oil Company, as owner of the vessel, Esso Everett, and as bailee of her cargo, brought this suit in admiralty against the respondent, Black *394Diamond Steamship Company, as charterer of the vessel, Gainesville Victory, to recover damages for a collision, occurring in a thick fog on April 16, 1948, at about 10:45 P.M., while both vessels were navigating easterly of Block Island, Rhode Island. The said owner of The Gainesville Victory filed a cross libel against the said Esso Everett and its owner for the damages it claims to have sustained in the…