COMPANIA DE NAVEGACION CRISTOBAL v. THE LISA R.

Nos. 1787-1789.

112 F.Supp. 501 (1953)

COMPANIA DE NAVEGACION CRISTOBAL, S. A. v. THE LISA R. et al. HUGHEY et al. v. THE IONIAN EXPLORER et al. GRAIN PROCESSING CORP. v. THE IONIAN EXPLORER et al.

United States District Court E. D. Louisiana, New Orleans Division.

May 22, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Chaffe, McCall, Toler & Phillips, Edmund, McIlhenny, New Orleans, La., proctors for Compania de Navegacion Cristobal, S. A., and S. S. Ionian Explorer.

Lemle & Kelleher, Selim B. Lemle, New Orleans, La., proctors for respondent and cross-libellant Blue Stack Towing Co. and Tug Lisa R.

Terriberry, Young, Rault & Carroll, Alfred M. Farrell, Jr., New Orleans, La., proctors for libelants, Mike Hughey, Super Test Oil Co., Inc., and Grain Processing Corp.


WRIGHT, District Judge.

These libels, consolidated for the purpose of trial, arose out of a collision in the Mississippi River several miles below the City of New Orleans at a point called Huling Light. Huling Light is situated on the east, or left descending bank of the river and marks a bend in the river. Involved in the collision was the steam tank vessel of Panamanian registry and ownership, Ionian Explorer, and a flotilla made up as a unit composed of the Diesel...

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