Legal Opinion
Hill v. Fishing Vessel St. Rosalie
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided December 18, 1967No. Civ. A. No. 66-777PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
JULIAN, District Judge.
This is an in rem proceeding in which the libellants, owners of the vessel VICTORY, seek to recover damages sustained by them when the VICTORY was struck and partially sunk by the fishing vessel ST. ROSALIE in Gloucester Inner Harbor on the morning of July 14, 1966.
Findings of Fact
The VICTORY was a wooden vessel of 12 gross tons, 40.5 feet in length, powered by a diesel engine. She was operated by the libellants out of the Port of Gloucester, Massachusetts, as a party fishing boat carrying passengers on a charter basis on fishing excursions.
Libellants are the…
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