DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS v. McWILLIAMS DREDGING CO.

Civ. A. No. 2218.

85 F.Supp. 714 (1949)

DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS v. McWILLIAMS DREDGING CO. et al.

United States District Court W. D. Louisiana, Lake Charles Division.

September 1, 1949.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur B. Hammond, D. Ross Banister and Joseph A. Loret, Baton Rouge, La., for plaintiff.

Deutsch, Kerrigan & Stiles, New Orleans, La., for defendants.


DAWKINS, Chief Judge.

This is an action for damages to a bridge across the Calcasieu River between Lake Charles and Westlake, Louisiana. The complaint alleges that the negligent operation of the tug, dredge, etc., in a tow passing through the draw, caused the upper structure of the dredge to come in contact with one of the vascule leaves of the bridge, damaging it to the extent of $12,581.75, for which judgment is sought...

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