United States v. Osage S. S. Co.

WALKER, Circuit Judge.

The owner of the steamship Commercial Pathfinder filed its libel against the United States, the owner of the steamship Western Queen, to recover damages caused by the Western Queen colliding with the Commercial Pathfinder while the latter was moored at the end of Galveston Pier 35. The collision occurred at or near 6 p. m. on November 12, 1927. Prior to the collision the Pathfinder had been engaged in loading sulphur from a chute on the end of Pier 35, and, after completing loading into her No. 2 hatch, had shifted toward the east side of the pier for the purpose of…