National Oil Transport Co. v. United States

BURNS, District Judge.

Libelant, tbe National- Oil Transport Company, Inc., a Maine corporation, as owner, prays for recovery of tbe full value of tbe oil barge Barugo from tbe United States, as owner of tbe tug Barryton. Tbe tug and tow bad left Galveston, Tex., September 18, 1920, bound for Tampico, Mexico, and were stranded on September 20tb at or near Laguna de Madre, on tbe Mexican coast, about 100 miles north of Tampico, some 30 miles west of a correct course, as a result of wbicb tbe Barugo became a total loss.

Libelant contends that tbe stranding resulted from tbe unseawortbiness of tbe…