United States v. Standard Oil Company of Kentucky

The appellant, owner of the tanker “Homestead,” filed a libel in admiralty against the appellee" to recover damages in the sum of $2,000,000 for the total loss of the vessel, allegedly caused by ap-pellee’s negligence. This appeal followed the district court’s dismissal of the libel.

On the afternoon of August 5, 1946, the “Homestead” was moored port side to appellee’s dock in Jacksonville, Florida, and hqd commenced to discharge a quantity of gasoline consigned to appellee, by means of an eight-inch hose leading from a riser on the vessel to a pipe connection on the dock. This hose had been…