Legal Opinion
Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co., Ltd., of London v. United States
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided January 26, 1950No. 964PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SWEENEY, Chief Judge.
These are cross-libels in Admiralty arising out of a collision between the destroyer, U.S.S. Wilkes, and the oil tanker Davila, owned by the Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co., Ltd., of London, England.
Findings of Fact
When the collision occurred around 1:00 A.M. east of Boston and north of Race Point on April 8, 1942, both vessels were unlighted and under the necessity of sounding as few signals as possible because we were at war. The Wilkes, escorting the cruiser, U.S.S. Augusta, was running ahead of her, northbound, on a zigzag course. The Davila was port hand column leader in a…
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- Watts v. United StatesDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1903
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