United States v. Clyde-Mallory Lines

HOLMES, Circuit Judge.

The Steamship Brazos, owned by the Clyde-Mallory Lines, and the Steamship Eglantine, owned by the United States and operated as a merchant vessel, collided in a fog off Galveston, Texas, on December 21, 1932. In limitation-of-liability proceedings promptly brought by Clyde-Mallory Lines, it was determined that the collision was caused by mutual fault, and the damages were 'fixed at $34,280.93 to the Brazos and $26,621.07 to the Eglantine.

On June 1Ó, 1937, a libel in rem was brought by Clyde-Mallory Lines against the Eglantine, which was then privately owned, to recover…