Atlantic Refining Co. v. The Laura Maersk

JONES, Circuit Judge.

This appeal grows out of a suit in admiralty for the damages to each of two vessels resulting from their collision. The Atlantic Refining Company, as owner of the one vessel, a tanker (the “Bohemian Club”), filed a libel against the other, a motor ship (the “Laura Maersk”). A. P. Moller, as the managing owner of the “Laura Maersk”, filed a cross-libel. The District Court, finding that the “Laura Maersk” was at fault in the manner of her navigation and that the fault so found was the sole cause of the collision, awarded the Atlantic Refining Company damages against the…