SEABOARD SHIPPING CORPORATION v. PHYLLIS

No. 409 of 1952.

146 F.Supp. 892 (1956)

SEABOARD SHIPPING CORPORATION, as owner of THE Barge SEABOARD NO. 44, v. THE Tug PHYLLIS, her engines, boilers, etc. and THE S. S. MAGDALENE VINNEN, her engines, boilers, etc.

United States District Court E. D. Pennsylvania.

August 27, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas F. Mount, Rawle & Henderson, Philadelphia, Pa., for Seaboard Shipping Corp.

George E. Beechwood, John V. Lovitt, Philadelphia, Pa. for The Phyllis.

Mark D. Alspach, Krusen, Evans & Shaw, Philadelphia, Pa., for The Magdalene Vinnen.


KIRKPATRICK, Chief Judge.

This was a collision case, in which the owners of a barge damaged in the collision brought an action in admiralty against both the tug and the freighter which collided with her. The Court found the freighter solely at fault and dismissed a cross-libel filed by her owners against the tug. A decree was entered on August 10, 1955, providing that the libellant might apply for the appointment of a commissioner to assess damages. This has not been...

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