Legal Opinion
Universe Tankships, Inc. v. The Munger T. Ball
District Court, S.D. Alabama
Decided December 11, 1957No. 2573PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
THOMAS, District Judge.
The libelant, owner of the S.S. Ore Chief, a cargo vessel of 60,000 tons gross, instituted this action in admiralty against the Steam Tanker Munger T. Ball, claiming that the Ore Chief was crowded out of the channel and caused to run aground and sustain severe damage as a result of the Munger T. Ball’s improper navigation. The grounding, which is non-disputed, occurred about three o’clock in the early morning of April 22, 1955, on the eastern bank or edge of Mobile Bay outer-bar ship channel. The Ore Chief, at the time of her grounding, ran over and sank outer-bar buoy…
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- The AbangarezDistrict Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1932
- Homer Ramsdell Transp. Co. v. Compagnie Generale TransatlantiqueU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York · 1894
- The MunalbroDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1922
- Crawford v. Indian Towing CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1957
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- New York Central Railroad v. Texaco Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1964