ANGLO-SAXON PETROLEUM CO. v. UNITED STATES

No. 964.

88 F.Supp. 158 (1950)

ANGLO-SAXON PETROLEUM CO., LIMITED, OF LONDON, ENGLAND v. UNITED STATES. THE DAVILA.

United States District Court D. Massachusetts.

January 26, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas H. Walsh, of Boston, Mass., and Reid, Cunningham & Freehill, New York, New York, Proctors for The Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co., Ltd.; Herbert P. Reid, Charles S. Haight, Donald E. Fobes, all of New York, New York, and Thomas H. Walsh, of Boston, Mass., Advocates, for plaintiff.

William T. McCarthy, United States Attorney, and Edward O. Gourdin, Assistant United States Attorney, both of Boston, Mass.; H. G. Morison, Asst. Atty. General, R. J. Hogan, Lt. Comdr., Navy J.A.G., Thomas F. McGovern, Attorney, Admiralty & Shipping Section, Department of Justice, all of Washington; D. C., for the United States of America.


SWEENEY, Chief Judge.

These are cross-libels in Admiralty arising out of a collision between the destroyer, U.S.S. Wilkes, and the oil tanker Davila, owned by the Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co., Ltd., of London, England.

Findings of Fact

When the collision occurred around 1:00 A.M. east of Boston and north of Race Point on April 8, 1942, both vessels were unlighted and under the necessity of sounding as few signals as possible because we were at war....

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