LADD v. UNITED STATES

No. 7398.

97 F.Supp. 80 (1951)

LADD v. UNITED STATES. THE ELOISE. THE MOHICAN.

United States District Court E. D. Virginia, Norfolk Division.

April 9, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hugh S. Meredith (Vandeventer & Black), Norfolk, Va., for plaintiff.

John P. Harper, Asst. U.S. Dist. Atty., Norfolk, Va., George R. Humrickhouse, U.S. Dist. Atty., Richmond, Va., for defendant.


BRYAN, District Judge.

Under the Public Vessels Act, 46 U.S. C.A. § 781, recovery is asked of the United States for damage to the sloop Eloise when a Coast Guard cutter, the libelant says, by her wash caused his vessel to lose her mast on the Elizabeth River, Virginia, near Buoy 25 and not far above the merchandise docks of the Norfolk and Western Railroad.

The sloop was on her starboard side of the middle of the channel, bent downstream, i. e. northwardly...

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