Tide Water Associated Oil Co. v. United States

GALSTON, District Judge.

This is a fog collision case. The steamer William F. Humphrey left Houston, Texas, on June IS, 1938, bound for New York. The Humphrey is an oil tanker and was fully loaded with a cargo of crude oil. The Potter left New York at 12:43 noon, eastern daylight saving time, on June 22, 1938, bound for Australia via the Panama Canal. Both vessels encountered fog. The Humphrey at about 7 A. M., eastern standard time, and except for an interval of approximately 40 minutes in the early afternoon, when the fog cleared had to proceed through the fog throughout the entire day; the…