Legal Opinion
Sun Oil Co. v. Dalzell Towing Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided December 5, 1932No. 38PublishedCited by 127 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Butler
This is a suit in admiralty brought by petitioner in the southern district of New York against respondent and three steam tugs, Dalzellite, W. F. Dalzell, and Fred B. Dalzell, Jr., to recover damages alleged to have been caused by their negligence to petitioner’s tank steamer Sabine Sun. The court dismissed the libel. 48 F. (2d) 598. Petitioner appealed from so much of the decree as dismissed the libel as to the towing company. The Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed. 55 F. (2d) 63.
Respondent operates steam tugboats in and about New York harbor. May 14, 1925, in anticipation of the arrival of…
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