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SOUTH CAROLINA STATE HIGHWAY DEPT. v. UNITED STATES

Civil Action No. 1787.

78 F.Supp. 594 (1948)

SOUTH CAROLINA STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT et al. v. UNITED STATES.

District Court, E. D. South Carolina, Charleston Division.

June 15, 1948.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John M. Daniel, Atty. Gen., of South Carolina, Huger Sinkler and Augustine T. Smythe, both of Charleston, S. C., and Helms & Mulliss, of Charlotte, N. C., for plaintiffs.

Ben Scott Whaley, U. S. Atty., and Moore & Mouzon, all of Charleston, S. C., for the United States.

WARING, District Judge.

The above entitled cause is brought under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. A. § 931 et seq., and is based upon a collision of the Nicaragua Victory, a vessel owned by the United States, with a bridge spanning the Cooper River in Charleston Harbor. The ship was anchored above the bridge and as a result of a heavy wind storm and ebbing tide dragged her anchor and drifted into the bridge...

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