Higgins, Inc. v. the Tri-State

WHITEHURST, District Judge.

On September. 15, 1946, about 9:00 a.m., the motor vessel Tri-State, while en route from Cape Gracias, Nicaragua, to Tampa, Florida, with a cargo of 10,141 stems of green bananas, lost its propeller at a point about 97 miles north of Swan Island. About 7:00 p.m. September 16, 1946, the motor vessel Angele Higgins, which was en route from Bluefields, Nicaragua, to New Orleans, Louisiana, sighted and approached The Tri-State. The Angele Higgins took The Tri-State in tow about 9:00 p.m., September 16, and towed the same, at first towards New Orleans, then later towards…