Legal Opinion

In re Atlantic Gulf & West Indies S. S. Lines

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Decided April 20, 1931No. 323PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

PEE CUEIAM.

In these limitation proceedings, the Federal Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company filed a claim on its own behalf, as owner of the tug Federal No. 2, and on behalf of the charterer and erew of the tug for salvage services rendered while the steamship Agwisun was on fire on December 11, 1926, at the Eobins Dry Dock, Brooklyn, N. Y. The Agwisun was a steel tank steamer, length 429.3, breadth 59.2, depth 33.2; her tonnage was 10,600 dead weight, 6,784 gross, and 4207 net. She was classed by Lloyds X100 A-l before the explosion. The tug Federal No. 2, measured length 95, beam 24%; depth 12;…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. The BlackwallSupreme Court of the United States · 1870
  2. The Niels NielsenCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1921
  3. Huasteca Petroleum Co. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1928

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Kimes v. United States the William M. MeredithCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1953
  2. Burke v. United StatesDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1951
  3. Joncich v. XitcoCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1949
  4. Lago Oil & Transport Co. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1956
  5. Lago Oil And Transport Company, Ltd. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1956

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