Legal Opinion
Marine Fuel Transfer Corp. v. The Ruth
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided March 26, 1956No. Nos. 285 and 286, Docket 23861, 23862PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEDINA, Circuit Judge.
At about four o’clock in the morning of December 15, 1949, the Merry Queen, a self-propelled tanker, collided with the barge Gossan in tow of the tug Ruth, in the East River in the vicinity of Hunts Point, New York. The issue before us on this appeal is whether the collision was due to the fault of the Merry Queen or the Ruth, or both. The Gossan is concededly entitled to recover in any event. The trial judge held it was a case of both to blame.
The Ruth with two barges in tow, the Donnelly and the Gossan, had come up the sound from Providence for New York. The current…
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- Marine Fuel Transfer Corp., as Owner of the Merry Queen and Her Cargo of Fuel Oil, Libelant-Cross-Appellant v. The Ruth, Robert B. Wathen, Claimant-Appellant. James Hughes, Inc., as Owner of the Gossan, Libelant-Appellee v. The Merry Queen, Marine Fuel Transfer Corp., Claimant-Cross-Appellant, the Ruth, Robert B. Wathen, Claimant-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1956