United States v. Winneconne S. S. Co.

SIBLEY, Circuit Judge.

During a sudden squall on the Mississippi river in the harbor of New Orleans on March 31,1921, the steamship Cecil C'ounty, belonging to the United States, came into collision with the steamship Winneeonne, belonging to Winneeonne Steamship Company and broke her loose from her anchorage, the Win-neeonne afterwards striking four other ships belonging to the United States and the Cecil County striking one or two more. Several libels and cross-libels in rem and in personam followed which were consolidated and tried in 1928 along with interventions of insurers who claimed…