United States v. Standard Oil Co.

WADDILL, Circuit Judge.

These are cross-appeals in admiralty, involving the liability for a collision between the steamship Lake Calvenia and the steamship H. H, Rogers, at the entrance of Hampton Roads on the 10th of April, 1920. On the evening in question, about 9:30 o’clock, the Lake Calvenia, a vessel of 2,364 tons gross, was inward bound en route from New York to Norfolk, in ballast, and the steamship H. H. Rogers, a twin screw tank steamer of 9,825 tons gross, outward bound from Sewell’s Point to Tampico, Mexico, also in ballast. Both vessels were in charge of Virginia pilots. The Lake…