Legal Opinion
United States v. The Adrastus Ocean S.S. Co., Limited v. United States. The George Westinghouse
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided August 17, 1951No. 273, Docket 22010PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CHASE, Circuit Judge.
This controversy grew out of a wartime collision between the British S.S. Adrastus, owned by The Ocean Steam Ship Co., Ltd., and the George Westinghouse, a Liberty ship owned by the United States. The United States sued the Adrastus and her owner, who filed a cross libel against the United States, each party charging the other to have been solely at fault. The trial court found no actionable fault on the part of either and dismissed the libels. Both parties have appealed.
The collision occurred early in the morning of , January 16, 1944, in the ocean off Nova Scotia. A…
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