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UNIVERSE TANKSHIPS v. THE MUNGER T. BALL

No. 2573.

157 F.Supp. 237 (1957)

UNIVERSE TANKSHIPS, Inc., as Owner of THE ORE CHIEF, Libelant, v. THE MUNGER T. BALL, her engines, boilers, etc., and Sabine Transportation Company, Respondent.

United States District Court S. D. Alabama, S. D.

December 11, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George F. Wood (of Pillans, Reams, Tappan, Wood & Roberts), Mobile, Ala., for libelant.

T. K. Jackson, Jr. (of Armbrecht, Jackson, McConnell & DeMouy), Mobile, Ala., for respondent.

THOMAS, District Judge.

The libelant, owner of the S.S. Ore Chief, a cargo vessel of 60,000 tons gross, instituted this action in admiralty against the Steam Tanker Munger T. Ball, claiming that the Ore Chief was crowded out of the channel and caused to run aground and sustain severe damage as a result of the Munger T. Ball's improper navigation. The grounding, which is non-disputed, occurred about three o'clock in the early morning of April 22, 1955, on the eastern...

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