Legal Opinion
Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co. v. Southern Pacific Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided February 21, 1927No. 45PublishedCited by 218 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Taft
The National Oil Transport Company, the owner of wooden oil tank barge Bolikow, filed ,a libel in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas against the Southern Pacific Company, alleging: that the Bolikow, made fast to a dock in the harbor of the city of Galveston, was laden with ,a cargo of crude oil from which a large part had been discharged; that an explosion took place in one of her tanks, causing fire; that El Occidente, a steamer of the Southern Pacific Company, was injured by the fire; that the value of the barge after the explosion and fire was $250 and- her…
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