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DRAKE v. INLAND WATERWAYS CORP.

No. 8878(2).

111 F.Supp. 891 (1953)

DRAKE v. INLAND WATERWAYS CORP. et al. THE TUNIS et al.

United States District Court E. D. Missouri, E. D.

May 7, 1953.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Finley & Lucas, of St. Louis, Mo., for libelant.

George L. Robertson, U. S. Atty., of St. Louis, Mo., and James C. Jones, III, Asst. U. S. Atty., of St. Louis, Mo., for respondents.

HULEN, District Judge.

Libelant sues in admiralty1 for loss of a wooden wharf barge and equipment on the barge, charging respondents with negligence in operating a towboat, so as to create an unusual swell, causing a gasoline barge to collide with the wharf barge to which it was moored. The collision resulted in damage to the wharf barge causing it to sink. The negligence charged is excessive...

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