SAVANNAH LIGHTERAGE & TRANSFER CO. v. ATLANTIC CREOSOTING CO.

No. 11698.

157 F.2d 796 (1946)

SAVANNAH LIGHTERAGE & TRANSFER CO. v. ATLANTIC CREOSOTING CO., Inc.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

November 4, 1946.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anton P. Wright and Luther H. Zeigler, of Savannah, Ga., for appellant.

A. R. Lawton, Jr., of Savannah, Ga., for appellee.

Before SIBLEY, HUTCHESON, and McCORD, Circuit Judges.


McCORD, Circuit Judge.

On August 7, 1943, Atlantic Creosoting Company, by demise charter, secured a lighter from Savannah Lighterage & Transfer Company for the purpose of delivering cross-ties from its docks to the S.S. Florida within the Savannah harbor. The lighter was delivered to Atlantic's docks, was loaded with 2,796 cross-ties, and about 7 o'clock in the evening was towed to the S.S. Florida and tied alongside for the night. During the night, between 2...

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