GARY v. U. S. OIL SCREW ECHO

No. 9328.

334 F.2d 199 (1964)

Beverly M. GARY, Appellee, v. U. S. OIL SCREW ECHO, her engines, tackle, furnishings, etc., in rem, and Charles Alligood, her owner, in personam, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Decided June 15, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George H. McNeill, Morehead City, N. C., and George Rountree, Jr., Wilmington, N. C., for appellants.

C. R. Wheatly, Jr., Beaufort, N. C., for appellee.

Before SOBELOFF, Chief Judge, BOREMAN, Circuit Judge, and CRAVEN, District Judge.


CRAVEN, District Judge.

U. S. Oil Screw Echo and her owner, Charles Alligood, appeal from a decree of the district court adjudging Echo solely responsible for collision damage to yacht Beverly. Echo was not damaged. The vessels were meeting in a narrow channel. The collision occurred at 6:00 P.M. on October 15, 1956. Darkness had overtaken the Beverly, a thirty-three foot Chris-Craft, as she proceeded southwardly in the inland waterway about two and a half miles north...

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