D. M. PICTON & CO. v. UNITED STATES

No. 499.

96 F.Supp. 1010 (1950)

D. M. PICTON & CO., Inc. v. UNITED STATES.

United States District Court E. D. Texas, Beaumont Division.

May 2, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Denman Moody, Baker, Botts, Andrews & Parish, Houston, Tex., for libelant.

Warren G. Moore, U. S. Atty., Tyler, Tex., Joseph V. Ferguson, II, District Counsel, U. S. Maritime Commission, New Orleans, La., for respondent.


BRYANT, District Judge.

This is a proceeding in admiralty brought by libelant, D. M. Picton & Co., Inc., in its own behalf and in the alternative, in behalf of and for the use and benefit of certain named insurance companies, referred to herein as The Tugboat Underwriting Syndicate, to recover damages from the United States on account of the sinking of the tug North American in the Sabine-Neches Canal on the morning of August 16, 1948. The tug North American was...

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