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SOCONY-VACUUM OIL CO. v. THE GEORGE W. McWILLIAMS

No. 834.

101 F.Supp. 910 (1951)

SOCONY-VACUUM OIL CO., Inc. v. THE GEORGE W. McWILLIAMS et al.

United States District Court S. D. Texas, Houston Division.

November 1, 1951.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Royston & Rayzor (Robert Eikel), of Houston, Tex., for libellant.

Deutsch, Kerrigan & Stiles, of New Orleans, La. and Fulbright, Crooker, Freeman & Bates (Sweeney J. Doehring), of Houston, Tex., for respondents.

KENNERLY, Chief Judge.

On May 22, 1946, and several previous days, the Dredge George W. McWilliams, owned and operated by Respondent McWilliams Dredging Company, was dredging in the Port Arthur-Sabine Pass Channel or Canal, in fulfillment of a contract with the United States of America. During the afternoon of May 22, 1946, a collision occurred between such Dredge and the Steamship Samoset, owned and operated by Libellant, in such Channel or Canal in the vicinity...

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