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BACON v. RIVER TERMINALS CORPORATION

No. 12480.

172 F.2d 637 (1949)

BACON v. RIVER TERMINALS CORPORATION et al. THE AHEPA.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied April 4, 1949.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

T. G. Schirmeyer, of Houston, Tex., for appellant.

Selim B. Lemle, of New Orleans, La., and Robert Eikel, Jr., James K. Nance, and Denman Moody, all of Houston, Tex., for appellees.

Before HUTCHESON, HOLMES, and LEE, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

The suit, a consolidation of three libels under Admiralty No. 793, was for recovery of damages resulting from a head-on collision between the Tug "Ahepa" pushing the Barge "Walter Yott" and the Tug "Hanson" pulling two empty steel tank barges.

The Tug "Ahepa," admitting that at the time of the collision it was navigating on its own port, instead of its starboard, side of the cannel, contrary to the ordinary narrow channel rule, claimed below and...

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