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CHITTY v. M/V VALLEY VOYAGER

No. 7184.

284 F.Supp. 297 (1968)

Leonard CHITTY, as Owner of the M/V TIDE LAND v. The M/V VALLEY VOYAGER, her engines, tackle, apparel, etc., in rem and Mississippi Valley Barge Line Company, in personam.

United States District Court E. D. Louisiana, New Orleans Division.

April 30, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terriberry, Rault, Carroll, Yancey & Farrell, Alfred M. Farrell, Jr., New Orleans, La., for plaintiff.

Lemle & Kelleher, by George B. Matthews, N. B. Barkley, Jr., New Orleans, La., for defendant.

MITCHELL, District Judge.

This action by Leonard Chitty, owner and operator of the Motor Vessel Tide Land, was brought in rem, against the Motor Vessel Valley Voyager, and, in personam, against her owner and operator, Mississippi Valley Barge Line Company seeking to recover damages resulting from the foundering and sinking of the Tide Land which occurred on the Mississippi River at New Orleans, in the early morning of August 18, 1964. The issue of liability...

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