Legal Opinion

Wood Towing Corp. v. Paco Tankers, Inc.

Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Decided November 5, 1945No. 5417PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

NORTHCOTT, Circuit Judge.

This is a libel filed in September 1942, in the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Norfolk, by the appellee and cross-appellant, Paco Tankers, Incorporated, owners of the tanker Chilbar against Wood Towing Corporation, appellant and cross-appel-lee, owners of the tug E. V. McCaulley. The libel claimed damages alleged to have been suffered by the grounding of the tanker Chilbar in the James River charged to have been caused by the fault of the tug McCaulley.

An answer was filed by Wood Towing Corporation in October 1942. A…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. The PennsylvaniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1874
  2. Lie v. San Francisco & Portland Steamship Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1917
  3. Virginia Shipbuilding Corporation v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1927
  4. The F. W. Wheeler v. ChurchillCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1897
  5. United States v. Williams S. S. Co.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1930

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Esso Standard Oil Co. v. Oil Screw Tug Maluco ICourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1964
  2. Boyer v. The Merry Queen the MinervaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1953
  3. In re Cenac Towing Co.District Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1967
  4. Yachts, Inc. v. The Edward F. FarringtonDistrict Court, E.D. North Carolina · 1955
  5. Norfolk, Baltimore and Carolina Line, Inc., Claimant-Respondent v. Yachts, Inc., as Owner of the Yacht SunsetCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1955

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