WALTER G. HOUGLAND, INC. v. MUSCOVALLEY

No. 11145.

184 F.2d 530 (1950)

WALTER G. HOUGLAND, Inc. v. MUSCOVALLEY. The WALTER G. HOUGLAND. The J W S.

United States Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit.

October 16, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James G. Wheeler, Paducah, Ky., James G. Wheeler, Thos. J. Marshall, Jr. (of Wheeler & Marshall), all of Paducah, Ky., on the brief, for appellants.

Edward B. Hayes, Chicago, Ill., Edward B. Hayes, Chicago, Ill., Wm. Mellor, Louisville, Ky., on the brief, for appellee.

Before SIMONS, MARTIN and MILLER, Circuit Judges.


MARTIN, Circuit Judge.

A final decree for damages was entered below in favor of the libellant owner of the Tugboat J W S, which was sunk in the Mississippi River as a result, as found by the district court, of the negligent navigation of the pilot of a towing motor vessel, the Walter G. Hougland.

The district judge filed a carefully prepared memorandum, including the findings of fact and conclusions of law in support of his decision, from which it appears...

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