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IN RE DEFENSE PLANT CORPORATION

No. 555.

58 F.Supp. 931 (1945)

In re DEFENSE PLANT CORPORATION. THE BARGE DPC 9 INLAND et al. THE BARGE DPC 24 INLAND et al.

District Court, W. D. Tennessee, W. D.

January 17, 1945.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Burch, Minor & McKay, of Memphis, Tenn., and Lemle, Moreno & Lemle, of New Orleans, La. (Selim B. Lemle, of New Orleans, La., of counsel), for Defense Plant Corporation.

Fulbright, Crooker, Freeman & Bates and Carl G. Stearns, all of Houston, Tex., and Armstrong, McCadden, Allen, Braden & Goodman, of Memphis, Tenn., for claimant.

BOYD, District Judge.

Petitioner, Defense Plant Corporation, in this proceeding seeks exoneration from, or limitation of, liability as owner of DPC 9 Inland and DPC 24 Inland, which were involved in a collision with the fender system and bridge of Apalachicola Northern Railroad Company across the Apalachicola River (Gulf Intracoastal Waterway) in the State of Florida, on February 11, 1943. The barges, which were unmanned at the time, were being towed astern on a hawser...

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