THE DORIS DEAN

No. 10588.

135 F.2d 731 (1943)

THE DORIS DEAN. DEAN v. BARGE TRANSPORT CO.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied July 1, 1943.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George W. Brown, Jr., of Beaumont, Tex., and Selim B. Lemle, of New Orleans, La., for appellant.

Edward C. Carrington, of Beaumont, Tex., for appellee.

Before SIBLEY, HUTCHESON, and McCORD, Circuit Judges.


McCORD, Circuit Judge.

The libel and cross-libel were for collision damages sustained in the nighttime when the moving barge "Dean-8", which was being pushed downstream near its port (east) bank, struck the unlighted barge "Butte" which was moored to the east bank of the Calcasieu River twelve miles downstream from Lake Charles, Louisiana. A hearing was had, findings of fact and conclusions of law were entered, and the trial court denied relief on the cross-libel...

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