Legal Opinion
Horton & Horton, Inc., Libelant v. The S/s Robert E. Hopkins, Etc., Tide Water Associated Oil Company, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided October 2, 1959No. 17562_1PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIVES, Circuit Judge.
This appeal is from an interlocutory decree 1 in admiralty finding two vessels in a collision at fault and directing that the damages be divided.
The collision occurred in the Houston Ship Channel on December 12, 1955, at 11:30 P.M. The Channel is a narrow, busy one about 400 feet wide. The S/S Hopkins, an ocean-going tank vessel, was proceeding inland and the Tug Maye was going south pushing a flotilla consisting of two empty barges end-to-end, the after barge being secured along the portside of the Tug. Shortly before the collision, a heavy, dense fog had set in and…
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