Legal Opinion
Petition of United States. The F. S. 231. United States v. Black Diamond S. S. Corporation. The Midland Victory. Hartzell v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided November 21, 1949No. 21433_1PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CHASE, Circuit Judge.
This case involves three distinct questions which will be separately considered in this opinion. The background for all three may, however, be stated as follows.
The Midland Victory, an American steamer owned by the United States but operated under a 'bareboat charter by the Black Diamond Steamship Corporation (hereinafter called “Black Diamond”), and the F. S. 231, a United States Army transport, collided about half an hour before midnight on August 24, 1946, in the ocean off Fire Island, New York. Both vessels were damaged and four members of the crew of the transport…
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