Standard Oil Co. v. Davies
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Cross-Appeals from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Norfolk; Edmund Waddill, Jr., Judge. Eihel by the Standard Oil Company, owner of the steamship John D. Rockefeller, against the steamship Ealls City, with cross-libel by D. Davies, as master and claimant of the steamship Falls City, against the steamship John D. Rockefeller. From a decree'dismissing the libel and cross-libel (260 Fed. 982), both vessels appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
WOODS, Circuit Judge.
At 5 :30 p. m., November 15, 1917, two, large ocean steamships, the John D. Rockefeller and the Ealls City, collided on the Mississippi river near Pauline Street wharf, New Orleans. Both vessels were injured, and the Ealls City, on arrival at Norfolk, was libeled by the Rockefeller for damages, placed at $40,-000. By cross-libel the Ealls City claimed $30,000 damages.
The District Court, on testimony taken by commission, found the collision was due entirely to the fault in the navigation of the Ealls City on the part of the Bisso Towboat Company, having the vessel in tow…
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