FLORIDA GRAVEL CO. v. TAMPA SAND & SHELL CO.

No. 5939.

49 F.2d 266 (1931)

FLORIDA GRAVEL CO. v. TAMPA SAND & SHELL CO. et al.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 24, 1931.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hugh M. Taylor, of Quincy, Fla., W. J. Oven, of Tallahassee, Fla., and Y. L. Watson, of Quincy, Fla., for appellant.

R. W. Shackleford and Morris E. White, both of Tampa, Fla., for appellee.

Before FOSTER, SIBLEY, and HUTCHESON, Circuit Judges.


FOSTER, Circuit Judge.

Appellee filed a libel in personam against appellant to recover for the loss of a barge alleged to have been caused by the negligence of appellant. A decree was entered in favor of appellee in the sum of $3,500. This appeal followed.

There was evidence tending to show the following state of facts: Both appellant and appellee were engaged in dredging sand and gravel in the Apalachicola and Chattahoochee rivers. Appellee was the owner...

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