Legal Opinion
Compania De Maderas De Caibarien, S. A. v. The Queenston Heights, Etc., Esso Shipping Company
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 21, 1955No. 15308PublishedCited by 79 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOLMES, Circuit Judge.
This is a suit in admiralty for damages resulting from the collision of two vessels in the Mississippi River. On November 21, 1952, the tanker Queenston Heights, while ascending the river below New Orleans, struck and sank the motor vessel Star of Honduras. Action was brought by the owner of the Star against the Queenston, wherein the court below entered an interlocutory decree dividing the damages equally between the two vessels. D.C., 121 F.Supp. 280. The owner of the Star prosecutes this appeal. The primary question is whether or not the rule of equal division of…
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