Legal Opinion
Petition of Sause Bros. Ocean Towing Co.
District Court, D. Oregon
Decided December 27, 1960No. Civ. 494-59PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KILKENNY, District Judge.
This matter is before the Court on a petition for exoneration from, or limitation of, liability under the provisions of 46 U.S.C.A. § 183.
Petitioner was the owner of the Tug Golumbia Queen and the cabin cruiser Gurlew, a single engine boat with wooden hull, twenty-two feet in length and carrying an 85-horsepower motor. In an operation hereinafter described, the Curlew met with a disaster, as a result of which •one Hunt and one Jorgenson were •drowned. The administratrix of each estate has filed a claim and an answer challenging petitioner’s right to either exoneration…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Waterman Steamship Corporation v. Gay Cottons, United States of America and Shalom Baby WearCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1969
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