THE MARGUERITE W.

No. 475.

49 F.Supp. 929 (1943)

THE MARGUERITE W. THE FLORENCE J. Petition of LAKEHEAD TRANSP. CO., Ltd.

District Court, E. D. Wisconsin.

March 17, 1943.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kremer, Branand & Hayes, of Chicago, Ill., Emmet Horan, of Milwaukee, Wis., and Frank Wilkinson, of Chicago, Ill., for petitioner.

Jerome R. North and Walter T. Bie, both of Green Bay, Wis. (North, Bie, Duquaine, Welsh & Trowbridge, of Green Bay, Wis.), G. S. Jersild, Follansbee, Shorey & Schupp, and John F. Baker, all of Chicago, Ill., for claimants.


DUFFY, District Judge.

This is an action in admiralty, commenced by the petition of Lakehead Transportation Company, Ltd., for exoneration from or limitation of liability as owner of the steam tug "Marguerite W" and of the barge "Florence J". The Kewaunee, Green Bay and Western Railroad Company and Charles M. Thompson, Trustee of the property of the Chicago and North Western Railroad Company, who are the claimants herein, are the joint owners of a railway bridge extending...

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